This book for children presents fascinating facts about hares and India’s other incredible animals

CAW-CAW …

How lovely is this river! It is gurgling like ever-hungry chicks. Check out these old trees. The grasslands. And the herd of cheetal deer!

We are in the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka. It is in the south of India.

Do you see that brown rock in the grass? Yes?

Now keep watching.

Be still and silent.

Some more time.

Keep waiting …

See, the rock has started to move. And leap!

That leaping fellow is … no, it is not a rabbit. It is an INDIAN HARE.

Hares are found in most parts of India. But they love bush and grasslands.

Hare is a SMALL mammal. Like elephants are BIG mammals. And you are a mid-sized mammal. Well, to think of it, even you are a small mammal now. Aw-caw-caw-caw.

Are you scratching your head with this warm-blooded, coldblooded mumbo jumbo?

Think of a cup of chocolate milk. It’ll remain a cup of chocolate milk if you let it be. Now take an ice cream cone. It’ll melt if you keep it out. And freeze again in the freezer.

Warm-blooded animals like hares and you are the mug of chocolate milk. You all have an in-built temperature control.

Cold-blooded animals like lizards, crocs, snakes, frogs and fish are ice cream cones. Their body temperate changes as...

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