TIGER

Every body know tigers especially in thier wildness of hunting instincts and skill for survival
and their extinction. The habitats of tigers are in Asia, Siberia and India. And the habitats of
the tigers in each place is decrease every year, like we found in India where there are less
than 3500 tigers in wild around of which 1411 are in India with its habitat falling by over
50% in last 30 years. Globally tigers occupy less than 7% of their historical geographical
landscape.

Tigers are one of the biggest among the 37 species of cats in the world today. Tigers have
very sharp teeth and very powerful claws to catch thier food such as deers, zebras, even
buffaloes and other animals to be able to survie. Althoug tigers placed in the highest rank of
predators but they also has a predator except a human. The predator of the tigers is a lion.
Lions do not eat the tigers but just kill them to erase rivaly in catching their target. Tigers
have big mouths and also have big gums. Tigers have piericing yellow eyes that glown in the
dark that are used to hunting their food in the night.
 PLATYPUS

Many people call platypus duckbill because this animal has a bill like duckbill. Platypus is a
native Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia.

Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length is 30 to 45cm and covered with a
thick, and woolly layer of fur. Its bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud. Platypus' eyes
and head are small. It has no ears but has ability to sense sound and light.

Platypus lives in streams, rivers, and lakes. Female platypus usually dig burrows in the
streams or river banks. The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and
flooding. In the other hand, male platypus does not need any burrow to stay.
 TINGKEBAN

Tingkeban is traditional ceremony held for woman pregnancy has reached seven months. In West Java,
and especially in the town of Garut and its surrounding area, Tingkeban is traditionally observed by most
families for the shake of baby's welfare. Relatives, friends, and neighbor are invited to witness the festivity,
which demand a lot of preparation.

The number seven plays an important role in Tingkeban ceremony. An important part of the preparation for
Tingkeban is the collection of a variety of items seven kinds of each item serving a specific purpose. Seven
different kinds of root, such as sweet potatoes and cassava, seven kinds of fruits to enable the solution to
the problem in child's future, seven diverse fragrant flowers, seven kind of light snacks, seven kinds of fruit
make rujak, seven pieces of batik cloth, seven varieties of earthen mortars, and seven oil lamps of different
shapes to brighten the child's life so that it is free from complication.

The guest are then invited to enjoy the special food prepared by the host family. Meanwhile, the mother to-
be guess through the bathing ceremony. Clad in batik cloth, she is ladled with sweet scented water from a
tube in which the eel is put. Relatives take turn bathing the mother to-be, changing her batik clothes as
many as seven times.

After the bathing ceremony, the mother to-be sells rujak outside the house, and the consumers who are
relatives and neighbors pay with chips of rounded clay tiles. The purpose is for the child to earn a lot of
money, with the blessing of good. The rujak fiesta marks the end of the Tingkeban ceremony. Everybody
has a good time! May all good wishes be fulfilled.