Much has been made of the tiger's appetite for human flesh. The truth being that real man-eaters, are those tigers that deliberately and consistently hunt human prey, are extremely rare. Most man-eaters are tigresses. The tigress kills man when she is wounded or when she has deteriorated so much that she can no longer hunt deer. In times of scarcity of food, she is desperate to feed her cubs and hence resorts to killing humans. The tigress who has slaughtered a human being she immediately abandons this habit, once her family becomes self-supporting.

Such a scenario is extremely rare. Tigers do not generally expose themselves to public view. In fact even when they are not hunting they are very cautious in their movements. A tiger's stripes make it virtually impossible to detect the beast in the dense jungle overgrowth.However if you do meet a tiger face to face the best thing to do is to light a fire. Tigers are afraid of fire and loud noise.

A tiger would rarely stalk a man and kill. Most tigers attack in self-defense or when they feel threatened by the presence of man. Every animal has an imaginary area drawn around it and feels unsafe or threatened if anybody enters that area.Thus, it is only when you move uncomfortably close to tigers that they actually feel threatened and attack.

OZONE - a pungent, slightly bluish gas is a molecule made up of three-oxygen atom (O3). The ozone layer comprising of ozone particles is scattered between 19 and 30 kilometers (12 to 30 miles) above the earth in the stratosphere.

Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation (UV-B that can damage DNA in all living systems) from the Sun. Thus, ozone is a vital defense to protect man against the UV-B wavelengths that can pose the greatest threats of biological damage.

Recent environmental studies revealed the fatal effects of the Ozone depletion. UV-B radiation has known to cause skin cancer, cataracts and even permanently blind people. Melanoma & non-melanoma cancers have claimed several innocent lives. UV rays have also dramatically affected the forests and even taken its toll on marine life. UVR with the shorter wavelengths is the primary cause of the degradation of non-metallic materials, particularly polymer material such as rubber and plastic. The materials loose strength, discolor, crack and become brittle. Thus, darker surfaces degrade at a faster rate than white or light-colored materials.

During 1980-84, the Ozone hole was first observed by ground-based measurements from Halley Bay on the Antarctic coast. It has since been confirmed by satellite measurements as well as ground-based measurements elsewhere on the continent, on islands in the Antarctic Ocean, and at Ushaia, at the tip of Patagonia.

Recycling is the process of turning previously disposed off waste products into reusable materials.