Hungary

This picture shows some native species of animals in Hungary.Some of them have been known since 9.th.century.

Puli Hungarian grey cattle Racka sheep Mangalica

In this image you can see some protected species of Hungary:

Snow owl Small Heath Butterfly Common Zingel Odonata Common Rock Thrush

Endangered animals : Common Europien viper Great Bustard Dalmacian Pelican Borzas gödény The Great Bustard TÚZOK in Hungarian is a national bird of Hungary and a subject of several proverbs. The Hungarian meadow viper is the most endangered species in Hungary.

Böbe, a chimpanzee, lived at the Veszprém Zoo. She was an artist, she could ˇpaintˇ VUK the story of the little fox is very popular in Hungary.

Mancs, a male German Shepherd Dog, was the most famous rescue dog.His name means „paw”.His special talent was locating earthquake survivors. Overdose is a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse.

We have got two poisonous snake species in Hungary: KERESZTES VIPERA (Vipera Berus) and RÁKOSI VIPERA (Vipera Ursinii Rakosiensis). The RÁKOSI VIPERA lives only in Hungary. Snakebites are very rare in Hungary. Keresztes vipera ( Vipera berus ) Meadow viper

Read deer are the largest native land animal in Hungary..Male are larger in size than females and have magnificent branched antlers.

1.Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden 2.Sostó Zoo -Nyíregyháza blue back and green-winged parrot. Wombat Polar Bear Leopárd

3. Zoo and Botanical Garden in Jászberény

ÚJKÍGYÓS = SNAKE FARKASGYEPŰ = WOLF SZARVAS = DEER The name of our neighbourhood is :BÉKÁSMEGYER FROG

Hungary has 10 national parks, 145 minor nature reserves and 35 landscape protection areas. We have chosen 4 of them.

Hortobágy Natonal Park It is the largest continuous grassland in Central Europe.Some famous Hungarian species such as the grey cattle, racka long- wool sheep, oxen and horses live here.There are many fishponds in its territory. It is an excellent place for bird watching. (342 bird species have been registered here) Hortobágyi National ParkCormorant

Bükk National Park It is situated in he northern mountains.97% of the park is covered with extensive oak, beech and hornbeam forests.There are more than 900 caves here.This area is also excellent for bird watching. It is also the home of eight species of woodpecker and four species of eagle. Bükk National ParkAlpine longhorn beetle

Aggtelek National Park It is situated in the north –east of Hungary int the Aggtelek karst region.It is famous above all else for its stalagmite caves. In this image you can see The animal which appears in its logo: FOLTOS SZALAMANDRA and some rare animals:EURÓPAI HIUZ, HAVASI CINCÉR Aggteleki National Park Mallard

Upper Balaton National Park It is the second largest national park of Hungary. It is about 600 km2.Its main task is to preserve and potect the flora and fauna of Lake Balaton area.

Yes,we have. You can see some examples translated from word by word.Try to work out their meaning.

One of them is a dog the other is a barker Many geese overpower a pig. There was a dog-market in Buda only once. He trusts the cabbage to the goat. He ties the dog to the post

10.Do you have any any provebs or saying related to animals? He ties the dog to the post.

Young children like playing tag e.g. „SZÍNCÁPA-COLOURKSHARK” „BÉKÁSTÓ-POND OF THE FROGS”

11.Do you know any popular games that have the names of animals?

You can see an image about animals depicted in different ways. coin Budapest’s Crest Csongrád megye Heves megye Pest megye

Yes of course, we have got songs about the animals, but when we looked through their text again we realized that there are „horroristic elements” int some of the nursery rhymesm so we divided them into 2 groups. „little horroristic children songs” 1.Katalinka szállj el--- Ladybird fly away 2.Boci boci tarka--- Spotted,spotted cow cow 3.csi-csip csóka--- Cheep cheep jackdaw 4.Csiga biga---Snail come out

A „little horroristic children’s songs” Cheep cheep jackdaw Spotted, spotted cow cow

The cricket is getting married The cricket wants to marry.He invites the all animals, who help him to prepare for the wedding party.They are decorating, cooking, baking.While everybody is making preparations what dou you think happens? Yes, of course, The bridgeroom disappeares

By.: Huber Daniella and Kuknyó Emese