21. Virtual Library - Sri Lanka - WILD LIFE, FAUNA & FLORA a source of water to the animals even during the driest months of the year . What is known is however is the numbers of these elusive animals have http://www.lankalibrary.com/wlife.html

WWW Virtual Library Sri Lanka Home Forum Tsunami Ethnic Conflict ... People National Parks Protected Areas of Sri Lanka ( by Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society ) SINHARAJA FOREST THE LEGENDARY SINHARAJA Dense, dark, wet and mysterious - Sinharaja is a primeval forest for meditation, relaxation and for scientific exploration. This relatively undisturbed expanse of primary forest is a Sri Lankan heritage - the last patch of sizeable lowland evergreen Rain Forest still remaining more or intact or undisturbed in our island.) Vignettes of Sinharaja (Sinharaja, our great tropical rain forest, by all accounts is a vast repository of national wealth. It was declared a National Heritage Wilderness Site in 1988 and a World Heritage Site in 1989.) Sinharaja Forest ( the only evergreen rain forest in Sri Lanka which belongs to few remaining virgin forests in the world, is home to hundreds of indigenous flora and many kinds of birds, beasts and reptiles. The Sinhajara forest, 11,187 hectares in all was declared a Man and Biosphere Reserve (MBR) in 1978 and it became a National Heritage Wilderness Area under the National Heritage Wilderness Area Act in 1988. This virgin forest was named World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1989. ) Yala National Park Yala National Park (YALA is among the oldest and best known of Sri Lanka’s National Parks. Yala covers about 1297 Km2 or 129,700 ha. And it is the largest agglomeration of protected areas in the country. Kumbukkan Oya in the north East and Menik Ganga and tributaries on the West flow through the Park providing a source of water to the animals even during the driest months of the year. )

22. Wild Egypt - Overland Journey Like many smaller desert animals, it does not have to drink water; it gets all of One would think that being a wild cat, they would tend to be larger, http://touregypt.net/WildEgypt/land1.htm

Egypt is a land of contrasts. Just beyond the fertile Nile Valley is a burning desert. Towering above both can be found the mighty mountains of Sinai. The desert is parched, yet snow can be found on the mountains, and in between these extremes of heat and cold, the Nile Valley blooms and flourishes. Yet these three environments share one thing in common: an abundance of animal life. Snakes and scorpions call the desert areas home, while the weasel and the mongoose can be found darting under cars in the heart of the cities. The Sand Cat is another mammal that is well-adapted to living in the desert. It has thick mats of fur on the bottom of its paws to protect them from the scorching sands. Sightings of the Sand Cat are rare. There have been less than five different sightings in the 1990's. Like many smaller desert animals, it does not have to drink water; it gets all of its moisture from its prey, which includes small rodents and the occasional snake. One would think that being a wild cat, they would tend to be larger, but they're not much bigger than a domestic house cat. In fact, the Sand Cat is believed by many to be among the ancestors of the domestic cat. After all, Egypt is where the cat is first thought to have been domesticated. We'll meet more Egyptian cats later. And while we're on the subject of dangerous animals, here's another creature we'd all like to avoid: the scorpion. The tip of its tail delivers a powerful sting. The venom of most scorpions in Egypt is painful, but not deadly. However, the Palestinian Yellow Scorpion (thankfully rare) has a venom that is potentially lethal.

23. Wild Egypt - The Nile Adventure Many different types of animals, birds, and fish all call the Nile River home . but rarely moving away from their chosen body of water. http://touregypt.net/WildEgypt/nile1.htm

See the Tour Egypt Main Web Site Wild Egypt Home Page The Nile River is possibly the most famous river in history. It was by its banks that one of the oldest civilizations in the world began. Not surprisingly, the Nile teems with life. Many different types of animals, birds, and fish all call the Nile River home. Hundreds of years ago, even hippos and lions could be found here in the Nile Valley. The crocodile's eyes and nostrils are on top of the head so it can see and breathe while the rest of it is underwater. As an added advantage, its ears and nostrils can close when it dives, and a nictitating membrane (a transparent eyelid) closes over the eye to keep water out. Nile Crocodiles range all over Africa, eating almost anything (including each other!), but rarely moving away from their chosen body of water. Hatchlings eat small fish and insects; adults will go after turtles, baboons, and even the gigantic wildebeest. They live in large "communities" of several dozen crocodiles, but even there they tend to leave each other alone except during a "feeding frenzy" when they will all unite to take down a much larger animal. These are all pictures taken along various parts of the Nile and the Nile Valley. Some of them are of the animals, while others are of the country around them. Isn't it beautiful? The Nile Valley is home to so many creatures we wouldn't be able to see them all, but here is a good collection for you to see.

24. Pinnacles National Monument - Nature & Science Besides competing with and preying upon animals, wild pigs have the potential Poor water quality has a negative impact on many aquatic animals including http://www.nps.gov/pinn/pphtml/6highlights379.html

Wild Pigs Search Search this park Search nps.gov Home Accessibility Activities Education Programs ... Related Links Highlights A young feral pig. NPS Photo Wild pigs ( Sus scrofa ) were first observed at Pinnacles National Monument in the late 1960s. In 1769, Spanish explorers introduced domestic swine to California as a food source and to clear land. Allowed to roam freely, these domesticated pigs inhabited various parts of California as feral or wild hogs. The European wild boar was imported to Monterey County in 1925 for hunting purposes, and has successfully interbred with feral hogs already established. These hybrids have spread throughout much of California, both naturally and with the aid of hunters and landowners. The wild pigs that have invaded Pinnacles are a combination of European wild boars, feral hogs, and hybrids of the boar and hog. Wild pigs are not native to California. They are considered exotic species. Wild pigs consume an abundance of plant matter including acorns, grasses, forbs, berries, roots, and bulbs. They also feed on ground dwelling insects, worms, reptiles, amphibians, fish, small mammals, and carrion including other pigs. Wild pigs spend much of their time rooting or digging with their noses in search of these food items. Pigs tend to prefer cooler more shaded areas, do not tolerate heat well, and must have a constant water supply in order to survive. They are primarily nocturnal in the hotter months and prefer oak woodlands along streams and chaparral habitat. Here they forage for food, wallow in mud and water, and seek shelter from the sun.

25. AZA's Web Portal We hope that it involves people with water, habitat and animal conservation This year s AZA Animal wild Card features a variety of animals that live in, http://www.azasweb.com/default.aspx?tabid=192

26. AZA's Web Portal Learn about the Wonders of water all year long at Disney s Animal Kingdom Learn about the animals we depend on every day, as well as the wild ones that http://www.azasweb.com/GotoLink.aspx?ItemID=108&url=http://www.azasweb.com/defau

27. CyberSpace Ag: Farm Animals - Wild Experiences We did not wish to have the duck nest there so we placed a pan of water on the She had evidently walked in and splashed the water on her wings and then http://www.cyberspaceag.com/farmanimals/wildlife/wildexperiences.htm

Beef Cattle Dairy Cattle Sheep Swine ... HOME Wildlife Experiences Nancy One spring evening, my husband and I were watching the news on television and heard some strange noises coming from the fireplace. There was no fire in the fireplace. Upon inspection, my husband determined that something seemed to be in the chimney. He took a flashlight and went up on the roof of the house to peer into the chimney. There he could see a Wood Duck  most likely looking for a place to nest. (Wood Ducks like chimneys in which to build a nest for their young.) We did not wish to have the duck nest there so we placed a pan of water on the fireplace floor hoping it would attract her down and closed the glass doors on the front of the fireplace. Then we went to bed. The next morning when I looked at the glass doors to see if we had attracted the duck, it was hard to see inside. A coating of wet ash was all over the doors as if someone had “painted” the wet ash on them.

28. Genesis.Rashbam God created the great water animals mentioned in the prophets and Job Leviathan, God made the wild animals of the land according to their kinds, http://www.js.emory.edu/BLUMENTHAL/Rashbam2.html

RASHBAM'S GENESIS 1. To remind the Jewish people of the reason for the observance of the Shabbat as described in the Ten Commandments, Moses told the story of creation: At the time when the upper heavens and the earth had already been created, a long or a short time before the acts related in Genesis, 2. the earth as we know it was completely empty, for water covered it up to the upper heavens. Darkness that was not night was over the depths, and there was no light in the heavens. A wind blew across the waters. 3. God said, "Let there be light" to correct the lack of light, and there was light. 4. God looked at the light and saw that it was beautiful. God divided the light into a unit of twelve hours and the darkness into a unit of twelve hours. 5. God named the newly-formed unit of twelve hours of light "day" and the newly-formed unit of twelve hours of darkness "night," and they have been so called ever since, day always preceding night. Daylight turned to evening as its light faded; then, morning broke as the morning star signaled the end of night. The first of the six days of creation referred to in the Ten Commandments was, thus, completed and the second day began. 6. God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters which reach from the surface of the earth up to the upper heavens to divide the waters in half."

29. Care For The Wild - Elephants, Tigers, Monkeys, Endangered Species, Wild Animals Tigers, elephants, monkeys all wild animals. Rusper West Sussex uk. Elephants also suck up water with the trunk and then blow it over their bodies, http://www.careforthewild.com/elephants.asp

Home About Us Appeals News ... Link to Us ELEPHANT FACT SHEET There are two species of elephant, the African elephant, Loxodonta africana, and the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus. The African elephant is larger with bigger ears, and it has two "fingers" at the tip of its trunk, whereas the Asian elephant only has one. There are between 300,000 and 500,000 elephants in Africa. Elephants can live in all major habitat types, from the deserts of Namibia to the tropical forests of central and west Africa. There are two sub-species, the bush elephant, Loxodonta africana africana, and the forest elephant, Loxodonta africana cyclotis. The bush elephant is far more numerous and widespread and at one time it lived throughout Africa, apart from the Sahara desert. The forest elephant is found only in the rain-forests of west and central Africa. It is smaller and has downward-pointing tusks. There are only about 40,000 Asian elephants left in the wild, and a further 15,000 in captivity. There are three sub-species of Asian elephant; Elephas maximus indicus, is the most widely distributed, occurring in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The Sri Lankan Asian elephant, Elephas maximus maximus, and the Sumatran Asian elephant, Elephas maximus sumatrensus, are only found on the islands of Sri Lanka and Sumatra respectively.

30. Kent Attraction: Wild Animal Park; Adoption And Conservation So come and visit our animals who were born to be wild and find out more about We’re trying to get her to use her shoulder and swimming in warm water http://www.totallywild.net/news.php?code=samira1

31. Kent Attraction: Wild Animal Park; Adoption And Conservation So come and visit our animals who were born to be wild and find out more abouthow you can Very few wild water buffaloes are kept or bred in zoos. http://www.totallywild.net/animals.php?animal=Water Buffalo

32. Wild World Summer Camp 2005 Explore fish and other familiar and notso familiar water animals of the Adirondackson frequent Discover the wet and wild world of the Adirondacks! http://www.adknature.org/WildWorldCampSessions.htm

GEOLOGY JOURNEYS JULY 11 -15 SESSION Stones and Bones Campers entering 1 st or 2 nd grade Explore prehistoric times and learn what stones and bones can tell us about past civilizations. Learn how teeth and bones can tell us if an animal is predator or prey, herbivore or carnivore or omnivore. Use stones and bones as tools and make your own fossil rocks! Mineral Mysteries Campers entering 3 rd or 4 th grade Find out the answer to what’s really in the center of the Earth! Explore the minerals that make up things found in our daily lives. Look at rocks and minerals under a microscope to see what they’re made of. Learn how to grow and identify crystals. Archaeology Diggin’ It! Campers entering 5 th th or 7 th grade Campers will learn the methods and techniques archaeologists use in research, and discover how archaeologists do field work through simulated archaeological digs. Discover past cultures by exploring myths, mask making and other art forms. AQUA-VENTURE JULY 18-22 SESSION Scales and Tales Campers entering 1 st or 2 nd grade Explore fish and other familiar and not-so familiar water animals of the Adirondacks on frequent hikes to the Oxbow. Collect aquatic life for the camp river ecology tank and enjoy stories of aquatic wildlife.

33. Stanley Gibbons New Issues & Topicals - New Issue Stamps, Topical Stamps, Themat Your search for animals wild returned 1495 results. Currently showing items51 - 60 Mercosur - water G3000 Click for Enlargement, Country, Paraguay http://www.stanleygibbons.com/newissues/index.asp?pageid=results&country=&theme=

34. Stanley Gibbons New Issues & Topicals - New Issue Stamps, Topical Stamps, Themat Your search for animals wild returned 1495 results. Theme 1, animals - water.Theme 2, animals - wild. Theme 3, BIRDS. Theme 4, PARROTS http://www.stanleygibbons.com/newissues/index.asp?pageid=results&country=&theme=

35. Major Problem With Wild Animals In Garden All it takes sometimes is to give the wild animals some water. If the coons aregoing after worms, then they will keep digging. It seems my containers under http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/pests/msg0700304829997.html

Return to the Garden Clinic Forum Post a Follow-Up Major problem with wild animals in garden Posted by My Page ) on Fri, Jul 8, 05 at 0:30 Hello, and thanks for reading. I am a very distraught gardener this week. For the past three days, I have woken up each morning to devestation in my flower beds. SOMETHING is "wollering" around right in the middle of my flower beds. Whatever the animal, it is not eating the plants. It appears that it is digging down to expose my soaker hoses, flinging the mulch around as it goes, and in the process, completely devestaing whatever plant is in the area. Each section that is getting destroyed is a good 20 inches in diameter, with reach of nearby plants that get torn off as well. It honestly seems like the animal is rolling around, playing or something. Consequently, last night our corn was ransacked. Will raccoons do the type of damage to my flower beds as I have described? I understand that they are probably what has ruined some of our corn. What purpose could they possibly have for rolling around in my flower beds? It is terrible devestation to my beloved flower garden. I have contacted our county extension office who suggested that it may have been skunks/raccoons, coyote, or possibly an armadillo (which are quite rare here in southeast Missouri). She suggested the animal(s) are rooting for water, as we are having a drought here in southeast Missouri. This would make sense........probably the only speck of land for 20 miles that has moisture would be my flower beds.

36. Green Iguana Welcome to The wild Ones Animal Index! navigation bar Green iguana skin isvery water resistant, and tough to avoid cuts and scratches. http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/iguana.html

Green Iguana Iguana iguana Quick Facts The green iguana is a reptile found throughout Central and South America. While it is not generally an endangered animal in some places, like Belize, it is because of hunting. Large females are the favorite individuals to harvest. Unfortunately, these same individuals are critical to the reproductive success of the species. As a food source, the green iguana is also known as the " Bamboo Chicken The Belize Zoo, under the guidance of Tony Gerel , has an " Iguana Farming " project to help reduce the pressures of hunting wild iguana. Iguana Vocabulary: camoulflage canopy diurnal cold-blooded ... omnivorous Physical Appearance: Full-grown green iguanas are usually between four and six feet, although they have been known to grow up to seven feet long. This includes the tail, however, which can make up about half the body length and, in addition to its green color, has black stripes. Green iguanas, not surprisingly, are green in color, but can be found in many different shade ranging from bright green, to a dull, grayish-green. Their skin is rough, with a set of pointy scales along the iguana's back. Green iguanas have long fingers and claws to help them climb and grasp. Geographic Range: The green iguana is found over a large geographic area, from Mexico to southern Brazil and Paraguay, as well as on the Caribbean Islands.

37. Manatees Welcome to The wild Ones Animal Index! navigation bar Warm water Mammals.Keeping warm is a real problem for these animals. http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/manatee.html

West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus This page is also available in Spanish. What weights over 1000 pounds, looks a bit like a walrus with wrinkled, gray-brown, spongy skin, is sometimes called a "sea cow", is related to an elephant, was mistaken for mermaids, can eat more than 100 pounds of vegetables per day, and travels an average of 3 to 5 miles per hour? Why the manatee, of course! These large animals were once thought to be related to walrus because of the way they look. Today, scientists are able to identify animals using genetics. Now they know that manatees are more closely related to elephants than any other living animal. Scientists believe that manatees evolved from land mammals that returned to an aquatic life. Manatees are large marine mammals weighing up to 2000 pounds and reaching more than 12 feet in length. Like whales, their large bodies can only be supported in their watery environment. On land, their body weight would crush their internal organs. Manatees are the only marine mammals that are herbivores. Just to keep their big bodies warm, they have to eat up to one tenth of their body weight every day. For the typical manatee that means more than 100 pounds of water plants! That's equal to more than 200 heads of lettuce! Warm Water Mammals Where do manatees live?

38. Wild Animal Training waterless hand cleaner can be used until soap and clean water are available. Rabid or diseased wild animals often show changes in behavior, http://www.hehd.clemson.edu/MSP/wild_animal_training/

Wild Animal Training The following precautions are necessary to protect yourself and your family from disease while working with wild mammals: Gloves should be worn and hands washed after glove removal (and frequently throughout the day). Waterless hand cleaner can be used until soap and clean water are available. Many of the zoonoses are spread by fecal-oral contamination (their excreta into your mouth). To prevent this, don’t eat, drink, apply lip balm or make-up, or smoke while trapping or handling animals, their bedding, cages, or pens. Always wash your hands prior to eating, drinking, or smoking after handling these things. Avoid exposure to, or handling of, sick, dying, or dead animals. Designated protective clothing and shoes should be worn, and these should be bagged until they can be cleaned or laundered (separately) from other clothes. Zoonotic organisms are potentially hazardous to your family members. A normal, healthy adult may have only mild symptoms when infected with a zoonotic disease, but the same organisms can be fatal to infants, the elderly, and those with a weakened or suppressed immune system, such as the elderly, people without spleens, people taking cortisone and other medications, people on chemotherapy or radiation, those with cancer, diabetes, AIDS or renal failure, etc.

39. Call Of The Wild, TheWildlife Biology Member S Manual Book I All animals need four things in their habitat. These are food, water, cover, Burning prairie land helps prairie chickens, but not wild turkeys. http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/components/DA5762chap

BU-05762 Reviewed 2005 To Order Me and My Habitat Animal Basics Have a Habitat ... Fair Projects/Exhibit Ideas Close your eyes and picture your backyard. Can you see green willows sweeping the ground with their branches? Are there thousands of dandelions blowing white fluff over the grass? Look closer with your imagination. Do you see robins tugging at reluctant worms or chit-chattery squirrels? Do you see a rabbit sitting quietly near a lilac bush, or ducks flying overhead? Animals are everywhere! Polar bears lumber across the frozen Arctic. Roadrunners scurry over hot desert sand. Bighorn sheep rule mountain meadows. These animals all have a special place, or habitat, that they call home. Many animals call your backyard their home. Me and My Habitat Your home has special qualities that help you live and grow. Whether you live in a tiny apartment or a big house, your place is your habitat. Animals have homes, too. Is your home made out of leaves and perched in a tree like a squirrel's home? Maybe not, but both you and the squirrel need the same types of things in your home. Draw (or write about) your home in the space below. What things are in your home that help you survive (such as your bed for sleeping)? Draw or describe these. What things about the house itself help you survive (such as the roof to keep out water)? Animal Basics All animals need four things in their habitat. These are

40. Engage User Conference 2005 - Special Events Oceans Coast Gallery (salt water animals of cold oceans) animals from northerntide pools wild Reef wild Reef is the Shedd Aquarium s newest exhibit. http://www.exactamerica.com/engage/events.html

Customer Portal Reseller Portal Employee Portal EVENT REGISTER REGISTER NOW ENGAGE LINKS Engage Home Conference Agenda Featured Speakers Product Session ... Engage 2004 Review Special Events ESPN’s Dick Vitale to Deliver Keynote Address at Engage 2005 One of the most recognizable sports personalities in the world today, ESPN and ABC Sports’ Dick Vitale will be addressing the audience at Exact Software’s customer conference, Engage 2005. Mr. Vitale will be delivering a one-of-a-kind mix of inspiration, experience and high-energy humor that can only be summed up in two words, “Awesome, Baby!” Dick Vitale exudes optimism and a boundless passion for consistently giving 110% with his limitless energy and dedication — qualities that took him along a unique journey from sixth-grade teacher to college and NBA basketball coach to one of college basketball’s most colorful commentators. For Vitale, winning “The Game of Life” begins with a can-do attitude that Vitale himself inspires in audiences, motivating them towards achieving their individual and organizational goals by applying lessons from the sports world. An inveterate basketball fan (in the sense of “fanatic”), Vitale has called over 1,000 basketball games, many on ESPN. Vitale is a true American icon – known for his catchy “Vitale-isms” and his infectious enthusiasm – as well as for his tireless work for the V Foundation (named for the late NCAA coach Jim Valvano), an organization dedicated to curing cancer.

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