Zootopia- Animals and Birds Vocabulary Part 2

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In my Spring holidays, I visited my grandma’s house. She used to live in a village. She took me to the farms where cattle¹ were grazing. She told me that all of them were herbivorous². She had some pets too a few among which used to be wild³ before they got adopted and became domesticated⁴. One day she decided to go to woods⁵ to collect dry wooden branches to be used for cooking. I accompanied her along with Jeremy. It’s her dog which she adopted from the local animal shelter⁶. On our way to woods, we saw many rodents⁷ and reptiles⁸. She told me that most of them are carnivorous⁹which fed on insects and smaller species while others were scavengers¹⁰and omnivores¹¹. Meanwhile, Jeremy heard a shrill voice and ran towards it. We also followed it. We assumed that there must be some mammal¹² trying to save itself from a predator¹³. But on reaching there we found that it was an injured cock counting its lasts. The cock was possibly been used in blood sports¹⁴. We immediately took it with us at home and called a local animal rights activist¹⁵. The activist told us that there is a local gang of poachers¹⁶which is involved in all such illegal activities including fur trade¹⁷, ivory trade¹⁸, and taxidermy¹⁹. We lodged a complaint against them at a local police station. The police investigated and rescued 70 pigs, 35 parrots of rare species, and 120 sheep. The pigs were then sent to the national game reserve²⁰ and parrots were to the state bird sanctuary²². While the sheep were set free to live in their natural habitat²³. Later on, we visited the activist’s home to take whereabouts of the cock.Where Jeremy became fierce²⁴ and savage²⁵ on seeing a Cat which drew my attention. She was very tame²⁶ and docile²⁷. Having seen my interest in it, the Activist offered me to adopt it. I took it with me and we lived happily after that.

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Words With Meanings:

1. cattle – domesticated animals such as cow and buffalo.
2. herbivores – Animals that feeds on vegetation only.
3. wild – the opposite of domesticated.
4. domesticated – lives with or used by humans.
5. woods – forest
6. animal shelter – where homeless animals are provided with food and place.
7. rodents –  rat /squirrel like
8. reptiles – snake/ lizard-like
9. carnivorous – animals that eat meat (e.g. Tiger and Lion )
10. scavengers – animals that eat dead and decaying substances.
11. omnivorous – animals that eat both vegetation and meat.
12. mammal – animals that give birth to babies and fed them on their milk.
13. predator – animals that hunts/prey other animals for food.
14. blood sports – sports in which animals got injured or killed.
15. animal right activist – people who actively campaign for the protection and rights of animals.
16. poachers – people who hunt animals illegally.
17. fur trade – hunting and selling animals furs for coats, jackets etc.
18. ivory trade – hunting and selling of elephant’s tusks for ivory
19. taxidermy – hunting and selling of animal’s skin for belts, purses etc.
20. game reserve – (game park) areas of land where hunting is prohibited.
21. bird sanctuary – protected area where birds can live and breed.
22. natural habitat – preferred natural place to live and breed.
23. fierce – behaving aggressively.
24. savage – violent or wild.
25. tame – not afraid of humans.
26. docile – behaving gently.

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Additional InformationMouse Vs Rat

• Mouse – a rodent of the size of a sparrow.
• Rat – A mouse of bigger size.

Turtle Vs Tortoise

• Turtle – it lives most of the time in the water.
• Tortoise – it spends most of the time on land.

Marine Vs Aquatic

• Marine – animals that live in sea water.
• Aquatic – animals that live in fresh water.

Also read -

Animals and Birds vocabulary Part 1 

Insects and Bugs Vocabulary