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    This poem defines wildlife as any living thing that has not been domesticated by humans, whether large or small. It notes that wildlife can be found in forests, deserts, oceans, and even urban areas, from insects and plants to large animals. The poem emphasizes that wildlife observation does not require traveling to exotic locales, as wildlife exists all around us and comes in all shapes and sizes, from the tiniest bugs to the largest whales.

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    This poem defines wildlife as any living thing that has not been domesticated by humans, whether large or small. It notes that wildlife can be found in forests, deserts, oceans, and even urban areas, from insects and plants to large animals. The poem emphasizes that wildlife observation does not require traveling to exotic locales, as wildlife exists all around us and comes in all shapes and sizes, from the tiniest bugs to the largest whales.

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    1.3 What is Wild?

    Does it roar, does it growl?

    Is it beast, fish or fowl?

    Inhabit rainforests, or snowy peaks?

    Live in deserts or the ocean deeps?

    Does it have stripes, wear armour?

    Exotic feathers or thick fur?

    Is it whiskered, huge and ferocious?

    Have claws on its paws, good gracious!

    Does it grow wild in forests deep?

    Tangles of branches where monkeys leap?

    That's just where we all go wrong

    Thinking wild is a lion or gorilla strong.

    What’s wild can be large: a blue whale or elephant

    But also microscopic: like an amoeba, mite or ant!

    WiIdlife can be insect, reptile or bird

    Living alone in a cave, or all in a herd.

    It can be the trees in the jungle dark

    But also trees in a garden or moss in the park.


    It's the living things that we have not tamed

    As pets in our home, or in farms retained.

    That live on their own as creatures free

    In cracks in our homes, or up on a tree.

    Lizards, spiders, weeds, rats and snails

    Are wildlife as much as tigers or whales.

    You don't have to climb mountains or dive very deep

    Plunge into dark jungles or ride miles in a jeep.

    There’s a wildlife safari you can take any day

    Through home or garden, or just along the way.

    Just keep your eyes open and all your senses alert

    Look out for these creatures, even in the dirt.

    You'll find the world around teeming with life

    From tiny to enormous, you can call it all wildlife!

    By Mamata Pandya

    From Walking the Wild Path, published by Centre for Environment Education, 1999.

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