In The Jungle Friends Need Not Be Acquaintances
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
One of the biggest lessons when in the midst of the untamed world is the accurate interpretation of sites and sounds. The behavior of monkeys, birds, small animals and antelopes are mostly in reaction to occurrences to their immediate neighborhood.
Certain species of birds are known to be good in warning people in the forest of impending danger. It makes a sound mostly with a sense of urgency in it which one traveling in the forest should never ignore. Monkeys are among the best detectors of danger out there. They not only serve their own but other animals as well. A distress call on seeing a big cat will put antelopes in the vicinity on high alert, often making them flee in time before danger strikes.
Read More..>>Amboseli - The Elephant Sanctuary Like No Other
Posted on March 22, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
The African elephant is the biggest land animal on earth. With adult males weighing as much as seven tonnes, and with a height of well over two metres at the shoulder, the jumbo is no doubt an awesome sight. When watching the animals at close range, it is even more exciting. This is what Amboseli national park promises the visitor.
Situated on the Kenyan side at the foot of the world’s highest free standing mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the park prides itself as the custodian of the most documented elephant herds on earth. Elephant researchers have been working here since the early 1970’s and they know virtually every elephant by name. Every new born is recorded, just like every death. The animals have tags that track their movements sometimes migrating to Tsavo national park over one hundred miles away.
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