How to Tell Wild Animals Summary

    How to Tell Wild Animals 

How to tell wild animals is a humorous poem. The poem suggests some dangerous ways to identify wild animals by providing witty clues to help the reader learn their names.

The poetess tells the readers how to identify the wild animals if they visit the forests of the east. She describes the Asian Lion first. She says that if a large animal with yellowish-brown skin roars at them and they get so afraid that they die of fear. It means they have met an Asian Lion.

In the second stanza, the poetess describes a Royal animal with black stripes on its yellowish skin, roaming freely in the forest. She says that if such an animal eats a person, it means it is the Bengal tiger.

In the third stanza, the poet describes an animal that strolls in a slow, relaxed and leisurely way. Its body is fully covered with the small spots, making it look as though someone has hit its body with small objects. One can identify it as leopard if it jumps on them. At the time, even if one cries it will not leave them.

In the fourth stanza, the poet says that if someone is walking in the field and he meets a creature who hugs him very tightly, then be sure it is a bear. If there is any doubt, it can be confirmed if it hugs the person once more.

In the fifth stanza, the poet explains that a beginner, or someone inexperienced might be confused, when trying to distinguish different predatory animals. She notes that when hyenas kill their prey, they smile. Similarly, crocodiles have tears when they eat their prey.

In the sixth stanza, the poet describes a small reptile that can change its skin colour. It looks like a lizard, but it does not have any ears or wings. She notes that if there is nothing on the tree, it means the chameleon is there. The ability of the chameleon to change its skin colour saves it from hunters and other animals.