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  • Smoked rats on skewers sold in market for food<br />
Apatani Tribe<br />
Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141105_Smoked_rats_on_skewers_37.jpg
  • Rats sold in market for food<br />
Apatani Tribe<br />
Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141105_Rats_sold_in_market_for_foo...jpg
  • Rats sold in market for food<br />
Apatani Tribe<br />
Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141105_Rats_sold_in_market_for_foo...jpg
  • Rats sold in market for food<br />
Apatani Tribe<br />
Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Rats_sold_in_market_for_foo...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Rats sold in market for food<br />
Apatani Tribe<br />
Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Rats_sold_in_market_for_foo...jpg
  • Rats sold in market for food<br />
Apatani Tribe<br />
Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Rats_sold_in_market_for_foo...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Home-made crossbow to shoot rats<br />
Mbomo<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130612_Home-made_crossbow_to_shoot...jpg
  • Devotee drinking from the milk bowls with the rats. Karni Mata Temple. Deshnoke Rajasthan, INDIA (THE RAT TEMPLE)<br />
Karni Mata is the patron goddess of the Maharajas of Bikaner. The most famous Rajasthani incarnation of Devi (The Mother Goddess) is Karni Mata, who lived for 151 years. The 15th century miracle worker could not revive the only son of a distraught Charan couple who came to her for help. Yama, the Lord of Death told her that the boy had already been reborn. So Karniji degreed that henceforth all dead Charans would be reborn only as sacred kabas (rats) in her temple to escape Yama's clutches and reincarnated into humans at her command. The temple is populated by rats who are fed on the offering of the devotees which include milk, grains and sweets. The temple itself is superbly carved in white marble with heavy silver gates. The entrance has rat carvings all around the doorway.
    IND2734_Devotee_in_Rat_Temple.tif
  • Karni Mata Temple. Deshnoke Rajasthan, INDIA (THE RAT TEMPLE)<br />
Karni Mata is the patron goddess of the Maharajas of Bikaner. The most famous Rajasthani incarnation of Devi (The Mother Goddess) is Karni Mata, who lived for 151 years. The 15th century miracle worker could not revive the only son of a distraught Charan couple who came to her for help. Yama, the Lord of Death told her that the boy had already been reborn. So Karniji degreed that henceforth all dead Charans would be reborn only as sacred kabas (rats) in her temple to escape Yama's clutches and reincarnated into humans at her command. The temple is populated by rats who are fed on the offering of the devotees which include milk, grains and sweets. The temple itself is superbly carved in white marble with heavy silver gates. The entrance has rat carvings all around the doorway.
    IND2702_Karni_Mata_Temple.tif
  • White-breasted mesite (Mesitornis variegata) Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC FAMILY TO MADAGASCAR NUMBERING ONLY 3 SPECIES.<br />
These birds are considered primitive forms of the rail. Although they do fly they are almost exclusively terrestrial. Their nests are rather flimsy structures built low off the ground and accessible without flying. In this species the sexes are simular. They are strictly terrestrial forest species, secretive and active and found in groups of 2 - 4. They feed in the leaf-litter looking for seeds and small insects. At night several individuals may spend the night perched on a low horizontal branch. <br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Closed, deciduous dry forest on sandy soil and underbrush of which is covered with dead leaves. It is only known from 4 locations: Kirindy forest, n of Morondava, Ankarafantsika Reserve, Ankarana and Alalamera Special Reserves.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES: Due to restricted range and degradation of original deciduous dry forest by slash-and-burn and by invasion of forest by dogs and rats - especially near villages.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA3526_White-breasted_mesite.jpg
  • White-breasted mesite (Mesitornis variegata) Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC FAMILY TO MADAGASCAR NUMBERING ONLY 3 SPECIES.<br />
These birds are considered primitive forms of the rail. Although they do fly they are almost exclusively terrestrial. Their nests are rather flimsy structures built low off the ground and accessible without flying. In this species the sexes are simular. They are strictly terrestrial forest species, secretive and active and found in groups of 2 - 4. They feed in the leaf-litter looking for seeds and small insects. At night several individuals may spend the night perched on a low horizontal branch. <br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Closed, deciduous dry forest on sandy soil and underbrush of which is covered with dead leaves. It is only known from 4 locations: Kirindy forest, n of Morondava, Ankarafantsika Reserve, Ankarana and Alalamera Special Reserves.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES: Due to restricted range and degradation of original deciduous dry forest by slash-and-burn and by invasion of forest by dogs and rats - especially near villages.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA3501_White-breasted_mesite.jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_12_©Pete_O...jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_14_©Pete_O...jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_6_©Pete_Ox...jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_10_©Pete_O...jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_3_©Pete_Ox...jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_19_©Pete_O...jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_17_©Pete_O...jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States
    20120425_Yellow_Rat_Snake_5_©Pete_Ox...jpg
  • Foam Nest Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina) sitting on dead rat in pond<br />
Marakele Private Reserve, Waterberg Biosphere Reserve<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Tropical lowveld, wooded savannah of north eastern Southern Africa
    20121121_Foam_Nest_Frog_on_rat_1.tif
  • Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat (Isothrix bistriata)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Igapo and varzea habitats in lowland rainforests from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
    TIP1141 Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed ...jpg
  • Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat (Isothrix bistriata)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Igapo and varzea habitats in lowland rainforests from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
    TIP1121 Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed ...jpg
  • Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Wooded areas. Hibernates in dens with copperheads and timber rattlesnakes.  Throughout Eastern and Central USA and Lower Ontario, Canada.
    Elaphe_obsoleta _Pete_Oxford12.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_153_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake CAPTIVE<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sandhills, Pine-hardwood forests, Maritime forestss & suburban settings of Southeastern & Central USA
    20120428_Corn_Snake_176_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_123_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_84_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_78_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_63_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake CAPTIVE<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sandhills, Pine-hardwood forests, Maritime forestss & suburban settings of Southeastern & Central USA
    20120428_Corn_Snake_17_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake CAPTIVE<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sandhills, Pine-hardwood forests, Maritime forestss & suburban settings of Southeastern & Central USA
    20120428_Corn_Snake_1_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake CAPTIVE<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sandhills, Pine-hardwood forests, Maritime forestss & suburban settings of Southeastern & Central USA
    20120428_Corn_Snake_193_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_136_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_115_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_145_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake climbing tree.<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Throughout the southeastern and central United States.
    20120428_Corn_Snake_165_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Namaqua dune molerat {Bathyergus janetta} feeding, captive, Namaqualand, South africa
    01153107Namaqua_dune_molerat.jpg
  • John's Earth Boa (Eryx johnii) Juvenile<br />
Gujarat, INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
A boa which can reach up to 90cm.  They are stout, heavy and muscular snakes more or less uniform in girth from head to tail with little constriction at the neck. The head scales are a little larger than the back scales. These snakes have a mental (chin) groove and a pronounced angular ridge on the muzzle. They have a short, stumpy, rounded tail and in general form very simular to the head. <br />
They are deft and speedy burrowers nosing their way into the earth by using the transvese ridge on its snout as a digging implement. On the ground it is slow moving.<br />
They feed mainly on mammalian like rats, mice and other small mammals which are killed by constriction. They are non-venemous.<br />
This boa is ovoviviparous and lays eggs.<br />
RANGE & HABITAT: Widely distributed in the plains of the Indian subcontinent. In hills up to 600 meters.<br />
STATUS: Common.<br />
Snake charmers who carry this species often mutilate the tail, making marking to suggest eyes and cutting a transverse incision at the tip, which leaves a scar suggesting a mouth. <br />
In south India they believe that a bite or lick from this snake can cause leprosy. In Punjab they believe that if one bites someone the same person will be bitten on each succeeding annivesary by the same snake, which will be visible only to its victim.
    IND3692_John's_Earth_Boa.tif
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
    IND866_Spectacled_Cobra.tif
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
    IND855_Spectacled_Cobra.tif
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
    IND840_Spectacled_Cobra.tif
  • Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)<br />
Wolf Volcano. Isabela Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is one of the world's rarest raptors with around 800 individuals living around the islands. Although they are commonly seen they are a vulnerable species. They scavenge on dead carcasses as well as hunt iguanas, snakes, rats, birds etc.
    WV165_Galapagos_Hawk.tif
  • Galapagos Hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) Male brought in Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis) to female on the nest. There is a chick in the nest (unseen) which is why they are bringing food to the nest.<br />
Española or James Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is one of the world's rarest raptors with around 800 individuals living around the islands. Although they are commonly seen they are a vulnerable species. TheY scavenge on dead carcasses as well as hunt iguanas, snakes, rats, birds etc.<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
VULNERABLE SPECIES
    1G8210_Galapagos_Hawks_&_Lava_Lizard.tif
  • Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) with Chick in nest<br />
Española or James Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is one of the world's rarest raptors with around 800 individuals living around the islands. Although they are commonly seen they are a vulnerable species. TheY scavenge on dead carcasses as well as hunt iguanas, snakes, rats, birds etc.<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
VULNERABLE SPECIES
    1G8199_Galapagos_Hawk_&_Chick.tif
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV714 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV322 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV328 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV306 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV314 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Gujarat. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
    IND3697_Spectacled_Cobra.tif
  • Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) with Chick in nest<br />
Española or James Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is one of the world's rarest raptors with around 800 individuals living around the islands. Although they are commonly seen they are a vulnerable species. TheY scavenge on dead carcasses as well as hunt iguanas, snakes, rats, birds etc.<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
VULNERABLE SPECIES
    1G8300_Galapagos_Hawk_&_Chick.tif
  • Galapagos Hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) Male brought in Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis) to female on the nest. There is a chick in the nest (unseen) which is why they are bringing food to the nest.<br />
Española or James Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is one of the world's rarest raptors with around 800 individuals living around the islands. Although they are commonly seen they are a vulnerable species. TheY scavenge on dead carcasses as well as hunt iguanas, snakes, rats, birds etc.<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
VULNERABLE SPECIES
    1G8204_Galapagos_Hawks_&_Lava_Lizard.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV711 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV303 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Gujarat. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
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  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
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  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV311 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • John's Earth Boa (Eryx johnii) Juvenile<br />
Gujarat, INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
A boa which can reach up to 90cm.  They are stout, heavy and muscular snakes more or less uniform in girth from head to tail with little constriction at the neck. The head scales are a little larger than the back scales. These snakes have a mental (chin) groove and a pronounced angular ridge on the muzzle. They have a short, stumpy, rounded tail and in general form very simular to the head. <br />
They are deft and speedy burrowers nosing their way into the earth by using the transvese ridge on its snout as a digging implement. On the ground it is slow moving.<br />
They feed mainly on mammalian like rats, mice and other small mammals which are killed by constriction. They are non-venemous.<br />
This boa is ovoviviparous and lays eggs.<br />
RANGE & HABITAT: Widely distributed in the plains of the Indian subcontinent. In hills up to 600 meters.<br />
STATUS: Common.<br />
Snake charmers who carry this species often mutilate the tail, making marking to suggest eyes and cutting a transverse incision at the tip, which leaves a scar suggesting a mouth. <br />
In south India they believe that a bite or lick from this snake can cause leprosy. In Punjab they believe that if one bites someone the same person will be bitten on each succeeding annivesary by the same snake, which will be visible only to its victim.
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  • Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)<br />
Wolf Volcano. Isabela Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is one of the world's rarest raptors with around 800 individuals living around the islands. Although they are commonly seen they are a vulnerable species. They scavenge on dead carcasses as well as hunt iguanas, snakes, rats, birds etc.
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  • Galapagos Hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) Male brought in Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis) to female on the nest. There is a chick in the nest (unseen) which is why they are bringing food to the nest.<br />
Española or James Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is one of the world's rarest raptors with around 800 individuals living around the islands. Although they are commonly seen they are a vulnerable species. TheY scavenge on dead carcasses as well as hunt iguanas, snakes, rats, birds etc.<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
VULNERABLE SPECIES
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  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata )<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal regions of Eastern USA
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  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata )<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal regions of Eastern USA
    Elaphe_obsoleta_quadrivittata _Pete...jpg
  • Junagarh Fort, Bikaner, Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
This fort is well preserved. Built in 1588 by Raja Rai Singh it is unusual in the sense that it was one of the few forts in Rajasthan not built on a hilltop but instead built on the desert plains. Beyond the main gate lies a complex of splendid palaces, each built by a different ruler over the centuries. <br />
Bikaner was founded in the 15th century by the son of the Rathor Raja of Marwar (Jodpur). Taking offence at a comment that his father had made he left with a band of horsemen to set up his own kingdom in the desert. Spurred on by the blessing of Karni Mata (whose rat temple is whorshipped by Hindus till today) he fought the local desert clans for 30 years, ultimately carving out a kingdom approx. the size of England. Today this town is still at heart a medieval walled desert town. The thick crenelated walls encircling it are still there studded with five huge gates that were once locked at night. It is a pink city as it is carved out of pink sand stone characteristic of this region.
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  • Lallgarh Palace Hotel, Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Bikaner was founded in the 15th century by the son of the Rathor Raja of Marwar (Jodpur). Taking offence at a comment that his father had made he left with a band of horsemen to set up his own kingdom in the desert. Spurred on by the blessing of Karni Mata (whose rat temple is whorshipped by Hindus till today) he fought the local desert clans for 30 years, ultimately carving out a kingdom approx. the size of England. Today this town is still at heart a medieval walled desert town. The thick crenelated walls encircling it are still there studded with five huge gates that were once locked at night. It is a pink city as it is carved out of pink sand stone characteristic of this region.
    IND2773_Lallgarh_Palace_Hotel.tif
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