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No better way to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty, which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas, will probably not throw the customary stone. Oscar Wilde

Photo by Wil Stewart on Unsplash

Nothing compares to the experience of seeing animals in their natural habitats, from lions stalking their prey on the African savannah to orangutans swinging through trees in a tropical rain forest. 

The Lone Hunter: Bengal Tiger

Photo by Alexander Isreb
  • Habitat: India, Nepal and China 
  • Population: 2,500 worldwide
  • Average size: 10 feet long; 550 pounds
The stealthy and powerful Bengal tiger has a history of being both feared and revered by local populations across South Asia. In Hindu mythology, the goddess Durga is often depicted riding a tiger, while tigers represent royalty in the Chinese tradition. Naga tribes in Myanmar and India believe that men and tigers are brothers, a departure from the tiger’s fearsome reputation as a “man-eater.” The Bengal tiger has a distinctive striped coat—and no two tigers have exactly the same stripes. When a tiger roars, it can be heard from as far as two miles away. 

The Gentle Giant: Mountain Gorilla

Mountain Gorilla
Photo by David Atkins

Habitat: Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda
  • Population: About 900
  • Average life span: 35 years
In much of the western world, mountain gorillas were once thought to be a mythical creature, like Bigfoot, until the early twentieth century. In 1902, German explorer and Army Captain Robert von Beringe encountered the mountain gorilla in the Virunga Mountains and helped establish this large ape as a separate subspecies of the gorilla. The mountain gorilla’s Latin classification—gorilla gorilla beringei—honors Robert von Beringe’s discovery. 

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