World of the Wild

Grasslands Cover Nearly Fifty Percent Of The African Continent African Grasslands Support Vast And Diverse Wildlife Due To The Grasslands Open And Uncovered Nature Predators Are Much Easier To Spot Giving Smaller Animals A Chance To Run Away Hide And Survive Thanks To The Lack Of Hiding Places For Predators The African Savannah Regions Support A Much Greater Diversity Of Wildlife Than Temperate Grasslands

It Might Look Uniform From The Air As We Fly Over It But The Oceans Are Deep And Varied The Underwater Landscape Comprises Continental Shelves Volcanoes Mountains Valleys Trenches And Large Flat Plains Similar To The Landscape On Land Only On A Much Larger Scale Ocean Habitats Come In All Forms Underwater Creatures Make Homes Wherever Survival Is Assured

Deserts Dry Arid Landscapes Environments Of Intense Sun Heat And Very Little Rain The Desert Is An Extreme Environment Where Wildlife Has Had To Adapt To Survive Many Of The Animals That Live In Deserts Have Adopted A Nocturnal Lifestyle Surfacing Only At Night When It Is Cooler Reptiles Snakes Lizards Scorpions And Small Birds Are The Primary Animals Found In True Deserts In Semidesert Regions Where There Are More Plants Mammals Such As Rodents And Meerkats Flourish

The Amazon A Magnificent Broadleafed Rainforest The Heart Of Brazil The Amazon Basin Covers An Impressive 7 Million Square Kilometers Rainforests Are Often Known As The Lungs Of Our Planet The Amazon Rainforest Is The Largest Its Value In Terms Of The Oxygen It Provides And The Carbon Dioxide It Consumes Is Immeasurable It Is Home To Splendid Exquisite Plant And Animal Species–the Most Diverse And Numerous Array Of Species Found Anywhere In The World

Some Of The Most Beautiful Rainforests Jungle Landscapes And Wildlife Are In Asia The Rainforests Of Asia Stretch From India And Burma In The West To Malaysia And Java And Borneo In The East The Great Teak Forests And Jungles Have Long Been Threatened By Cash Crops Intensive Logging And Industrial Farming In Asia Slash And Burn Agriculture Has Also Taken A Heavy Toll On The Ecostructure And Environment Bangladesh Has The Most Extensive Mangrove Forests In The World They Are Also Under Threat How Are The Wildlife Surviving In These Beautiful Threatened Forests And Jungles Many Are Already Driven To The Point Of Extinction

The Masters Of The Sky Are The Winged Predators Of The Aerial World Their Unique Techniques Have Evolved And Developed To Perfection Whether Swooping In From High Altitudes At A Phenomenal Speed To Strike An Unsuspecting Target From Above Flicking And Darting Between Trees In A Lethal Tail Chase Or Ghosting Silently Through The Night In Pursuit Of Prey They Excite Our Admiration And Inspire Awe In Equal Measure All Are Superbly Adapted To Hunting And Masters Of Their Position At The Top Of The Food Chain