Xishuangbaana rain forest and monsoon jungle provide a habitat for 359 species of terrestrial vertebrates, 118 species of amphibiants, 439 species of birds accounting for two thirds of the total number in China and more than 60-specms of snakes. Among animals 'for world protection are elephant,white-breast and black wood-peckem, leopards and Bengalese tigers. Thirteen species of wild life enjoy state protection in-
eluding loris, gibbons, red-necked cranes, brown-necked hornbills mid green peacocks. To.the Dai people, the,green peacock is a symbol of wild life enjoy state protection is, seldom seen in China that there are so many species of rare and valuable wild life living together... Xishuangbanna. Today, we may see some of the animals or birds in the Natural Reserve.

Elephant-like Tree
This is an old banyan tree with a history of one hurdred years.The tree is more than twenty metros in height and bas a strange shape. Its aerial mots form an arch gate which can pass a car. The twisted roots growing from the main root make the tree a natural rockey. These two thick arial roots form an elephant shape. Pleas look, this is his head, his body, and that is his ear, his tail. looking from distance it is just like a leisurely and carefree elephant. let's have a picture taken with it.