A lesson
In
Environmental Studies
For class v
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OBJECTIVES
Familiarize them with the work done by
the snake charmers
The types of snakes in the world
The position of snakes in Hindu
Mythology
The people who keep animals for
entertainment and livelihood
To convey the message that animals
should also have their freedom
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CONTENTS
Introduction to a snake charmer
Work of the Snake charmer
Poisonous Snakes
Non poisonous snakes
Snakes in Hindu Mythology
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ANIMALS FOR LIVELIHOOD
Man is directly dependent on animals for food
and also for his livelihood
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LET US READ
THE STORY OF
A SNAKE CHARMER
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I am Aryanath. I am a snake
charmer. I entertain people with
snakes. I know to play the been and
make the snakes dance. I learnt this
art from my father and grandfather.
Our community is called KALBELIYAS.
My
father
My
grandfathe
r
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GRANDFATHER TELLS
When I open the
bamboo basket,
people gather to
e
watch the snakes.
They give me rice,
pulses and food at
the end of the
snake show
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OUR OTHER WORK
We not only entertain people
but also give them medicines
after collecting some herbs
from the forests and heal
some of their illness
We know to identify which
snake has bitten the people
We know how to remove the
venom from the body of the
people bitten by snakes
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LAW AND BAN
Some people catch the snakes
for their venom; some people
kill the snakes and sell their
skins at high prices
To put an end to these
practices, our Government has
made a law to ban the catching
of snakes and keeping them in
the houses for entertainment
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OUR LIFE NOW
Fearing the punishment,
we have left our snake
charmer work and now we
entertain people with our
instruments
We play the instruments:
tumba, been, dhol, Kanjiri
Our party is called ‘been
party
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LET’S DISCUSS
The snakes are venomous and dangerous to all;
why does our government ban the act of
capturing and killing the snakes?
The reasons are:
The snakes are endangered animals, i.e. they
are being killed by man everyday that their
number is becoming less. It affects the
equilibrium in nature.
Secondly, our government wants to regularize
the act of selling and buying venom of snakes
for anti venom preparation through recognized
government agencies and not by individual
snake charmers
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SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Aryanath, You know all about
snakes, which are poisonous,
which are non-poisonous; what
are fangs in snakes, how to
remove the fangs and you must
go to cities and share this
knowledge with all the children
of your age.
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Poisonous snakes in India are :
Russell’s viper, Cobras, Saw-scaled viper and the common Krait.
King cobra
Daboia / Russell’s
viper
Afai / Sawscaled
viper
Bungarus / Krait
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The poisonous snakes have fangs
through which the venom is passed
on to the prey.
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King Cobra
THE MOST FAMOUS AND MOST
FEARED ONE SNAKE IN INDIA. THE
KING COBRA IS A LARGE AND
POWERFUL SNAKE.KING
COBRAS SKIN IS EITHER OLIVEGREEN, TAN, OR BLACK AND IT HAS
FAINT, PALE YELLOW CROSS BANDS
DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE BODY. THE
BELLY IS CREAM OR PALE YELLOW,
AND THE SCALES ARE
SMOOTH.PEOPLE TREAT KING COBRA
AS GOD IN INDIA.
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NON POISONOUS
SNAKES
Anaconda
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SCARE OF MYANMAR
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MAN AND ANIMALS
Man keeps many animals for entertainment.
Name some of them
ANSWER: monkey, dog, dolphins and many
animals in circus.
Click on the monkey
Let’s watch a video
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ANIMALS FOR AMUSEMENT
We find animals amusing us in
Zoo
Circus
National parks and Sanctuaries
Cinemas
Amusement parks
Road plays
Aquarium
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DO YOU LIKE IT?
We don’t like to be caged, then how
can the animals be caged because
man has invented this method to
overpower them?
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LET US FIND OUT
Who keep animals
for running their life?
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SURVEY and PROJECT
Make a survey on people and animal relationship:
Name
of the
animal
Ex:
Cow
No. of
animals
kept
3
Person
looking
after
farmer
Place
they are
kept
shed
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Food
and
Water
Any
illness
Remarks
Grass &
hay
30 litres
of water
Foot and
mouth
disease
Used for
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SNAKES IN HINDU MYTHOLOGY
NAGAPANCHAMI
•Hindu mythologies are filled with stories and fables about
snakes, the most important being the Sheshnaga of Lord
Vishnu (it is on this snake that Lord Vishnu reclines while
sleeping in the sea). Thus, it is quite understandable that a
festival called Naga Panchami is observed in India, in the
honor of snakes, every year in the month of August.
•In India, snakes are so revered that temples have also
been erected in their honor. There is a particularly famous
one in Mysore, at a place called Subramania
CONTENTS
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MY SINCERE THANKS TO
AUTHORITIES,GUINDY SNAKE
FARM, CHENNAI
YOUTUBE.COM FOR MONKEY
CHARMER VIDEO
SNAKES- MYTHS AND FACTS (book
from library)
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