FACTS ABOUT INDIAN ANIMALS LEARN ABOUT THE BENGAL TIGERR,ELEPHANTS,BIRDS,LIONS AND SNAKES By H PUBLISHING TABLE OF CONTENTS - BENGAL TIGER -ELEPHANT -LIONS -SNAKES -BIRDS BENGAL TIGER -AN ADULT BENGAL TIGER CAN WEIGH UPTO 420 POUNDS (120 KG) -THE BENGAL TIGER HAS THE LONGEST CANINE TEETH AMONG CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS -TIGERS ARE USUALLY NON SOCIABLE ANIMALS -TIGERS CAN CLIMB ON TREES -TIGERS ARE EXCELLENT SWIMMERS AND ARE NOT AFRAID OF WATER ELEPHANTS -INDIAN ELEPHANT IS AN ENDAGERED SPECIES -AS OF 2023 THERE IS ONLY 20000 TO 25000 INDIAN ELEPHANTS ALIVE -INDIAN ELEPHANTS SCIENTIFIC NAME IS ELEPHAS MAXIMUS INDICUS -ITS HEIGHT IS 6 TO 11 FEET AT SHOUDLERS -INDIAN ELEPHANTS WEIGH AROUND 5 TONS LIONS -A MALE LION CAN WEIGH UPTO 190 KG AND A FEMALE LIONESS CAN WEIGHUPTO 120 KG -A LIONS TAIL IS AROUND 70 TO 90 cm LONG -LIONS HAVE A HEIGHT OF 105 cm AT SHOULDERS -LIONS HAVE CANINE TEETH OF 10cm -LIONS LIVE IN GROUPS CALLED A "PRIDE" SNAKES -THERE ARE OVER 270 SPECIES OF SNAKES IN INDIA AND NEARLY 60 PERCENT ARE VENOMOUS -THE "BIG FOUR" SNAKES IN INDIA ARE -INDIAN SPECTACLED COBRA,INDIAN COMMON KRAIT,INDIAN RUSSELLS VIPER AND INDIAN SAW SCALED VIPER -THE KING COBRA IS THE DEADLIEST SNAKE IN INDIA -THE KING COBRA HAVE A LENGTH OF AROUND 16 FT -THE INDIAN PYTHON IS THE LARGEST NON VENOMOUS SNAKE IN INDIAN AND IS FOUND IN ALL REGIONS OF INDIA BIRDS -THE NATIONAL BIRD OF INDIA IS THE PEACOCK -THE GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD IS THE BIGGEST BIRD IN INDIA -THE SMALLEST BIRD IN INDIA IS THE FLOWER PECKER -THE SECOND LARGEST BIRD IN INDIA IS THE EMU -ONLY THE MALE PEACOCK HAVE EYE CATCHING COLORS AND DECORATIVE TAIL FEATHERS