Odd behavior in Animals

There are some interesting features among animals behaving very odd. Let us have a look at our familiar Squirrel who always forget nuts where they have kept it There is also one old saying about this in Malayalam equivalent to " Squirrel without nut".So let us start with Squirrel. The bushy tailed Squirrels do smart things but that's a part of it.They do odd things also.Squirrels collect a lot of different kinds of nuts during peak seasons to last during the following winter also.But more than half the time They won't remember where they have hidden them in the ground.Still Squirrel canstake claim for their losses because later on the nuts grow into trees and help mankind.How strange it is .They won't know it even if they approach the same tree again that they are responsible for the life of the tree they are approaching to collect nuts.! 2)the Pandas: *************** It is rather clueless why Pandas are are very fond of Bamboos even though it does not contain anything Nutritious. Stranger is the behavior of then when it comes to Romance. Pandas rarely mates and males are notorious in pursuing females.In one zoo the authorities tried their best to get a panda reproduce but in vain.Pandas Are so indifferent 3)Flamingos With their Long necks,lanky Legs,And striking plumage,flemingos are a particular type os species. But the real odd behavior is that these creatures can eat only with their head down.Standing in the shallow water Flamingos extend their beaksInto the water and use tounge to drink water.Then by swishing their head back & forth and trap their food. Imagine a situation when we have to Headstand every time we get hungry! 4)TURKEYS: *********** May be it might look like an awkward sight.Butthe Turkeys have a habit of Staring at one unknown point over the sky for considerably longer time than usual. Minimum of 30 seconds they look at one point at a time without any reason..It is not all odd with Turkeys .since their two eyes are far apart,Turkeys have a hard time focussing.This becomes cause for tilting head looking as if Perpetually perplexed.There are human beings also with more or less this kind of gestures 5)HYENAS The Hyenas are really a very hungry animal.They need food and go on eating from time to time several times a day. They have no restriction of the type of food they eat.They eat everything from garbage to horned or even poops. All a matter of taste for them.Apart from Hyenas Rabbit,rodents,Gorrillas and even stray dogs do have these kind of Habits. 6)SLOTHS The Sloths are the most adorable " Kumbhakarnas" of the forest.They spend around 16 to 18 hours a day in sleeping. One of the most solitary lifestyle though theybfall far behind Kumbhakarna who sleeps for days together.But then Kumbhakarna is a legend of the Puranas whereas Sloths are reality.If they are not scratching,itching or eating a bean ,then one can safely imagine they are in their own Dreamland. 7)OSTRICHES: ************* Everyone of us heard about "low brained Birds"..there is a saying as "Bird brain"also. The Ostriches fall in this category.Their IQ is far below from other animals or Birds. For theWorld's largest birds,they have comparatively Or proportionately tiniest brain. The brain of Ostrich is smaller than their eyes. Often animals and birds are used to compare withHuman beings and the names are given to human beings as nicknames. For example,mosquito for leanest people,Hyena for those who eat abnormally and Ostrich for those with less brains. Similarly human beings with special qualities are also called after Animals and birds. Those with good memory are named Elephants,those who are clever are called crows& eagles. There are many such examples of naming men and women being nicknamed after animals and birds. This happens mainly in schools and Colleges and very commonly in the ragging process. Te reopening of schoosand Colleges reminded me about this habit among children. Sreedharan Mundanat 5th June 2015