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Jallikattu (or sallikkattu ), also known as eru thazhuvuthal and manju virattu , is a traditional spectacle in which a bull is released into a crowd of people, and multiple human participants attempt to grab the large hump on the bull's back with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape. Participants hold the hump for as long as possible, attempting to bring the bull to a stop. In some cases, participants must ride long enough to remove flags on the bull's horns. Download This Article in PDF  Origin –    Jallikattu is typically practised in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (in some areas of Maharastra, Karnatka and Gujrat too) as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day (the 3rd day of the four-day long event, Pongal).   Jallikattu was believed to be a common practice during the classical period (400-100 BC).    A seal from Indus Valley civilization depicting the practice is preserved in the National Museum, New Delhi ....

Animal - A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli. They can be further classified as - 1. vertebrates 2. invertebrates Animals with a backbone 1 are vertebrates and those without a backbone are invertebrates. Half of all described vertebrate species are fishes and three-quarters of all described invertebrate species are insects. Vertebrates can be further classified as - 1. Amphibians – Amphibians are ectothermic 2 , tetrapod 3 vertebrates, They can live both on land and in water 2. Reptiles - Reptiles are usually tetrapod, cold-blooded vertebrates. (Vertebrates have backbones.) They have dry skin covered with scales or bony plates and usually lay soft-shelled eggs. 3. Birds – Birds are a group of endothermic 4 vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight...

If we study about any bug or insect we should know the term “symbiosis”. If you ever had lice or your cat or dog ever had fleas, you've witnessed symbiosis in action. Similarly most of the insects or bugs posses symbiosis. A symbiotic relationship can have a positive, negative, or neutral effect on the individual species. A symbiotic relationship possessed by any insect or bug may be of following types - mutualism – When both species benefited from the interaction. Parasitism – When one species is benefited and other is harmed. Commensalism – When one is benefitted and other have neutral effect. Among the bugs and insects which posses symbiosis, mostly are parasites. Others, which don’t posses symbiosis may be eusocial,Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera or Lepidoptera. Here is a list of more common bugs and insects which we encounter in daily life - Ant Ants are eusocial 1 insects. It lives in nests and most varieties are harmless, although some can also bite Aphids Aphids, als...

Zootopia (Zoo + Utopia) | Utopia: An imaginary place where everything is perfect. In my Spring holidays, I visited my grandma’s house. She used to live in a village. She took me to the farms where cattle 1 were grazing. She told me that all of them were herbivorous 2 . She had some pets too a few among which used to be wild 3 before they got adopted and became domesticated 4 . One day she decided to go to woods 5 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 shelter 6 . On our way to woods, we saw many rodents 7 and reptiles 8 . She told me that most of them are carnivorous 9 which fed on insects and smaller species while others were scavengers 10 and omnivores 11 . Meanwhile, Jeremy heard a shrill voice and ran towards it. We also followed it. We assumed that there must be some mammal 12 trying to save itself from a predator 13 . But on reaching there we found that it was an injure...