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During the golden reign of Sri Prahalada, some travellers from other country wrongly landed to his kingdom. After knowing about that, Prahalada sent some of his attendants, to take them to his palace, and asked them to stay with him for some time. By seeing the care of a handsome and noble demon Prahalada, the travellers were astonished, since the attendants of Prahalada appeared in the form of strange animals like Kangaroos, birds and Dragons.
Kangaroos are found in large numbers in Australia, and due to its huge population, Kangaroos are also killed, and its meat is being exported to other countries. Kangaroos also sometimes fight with humans, if they try to disturb them.
Hence, let us pray to the almighty to protect and preserve this wonderful animal from destruction, and, let us show our great love and affection on this gentle animal.
Cranes are mentioned as lovely birds in our Hinduism, and ancient people used to worship a crane headed god, since they believes that the god would controls diseases, black magic, enemy related problems, and would give great courage, knowledge and withstanding powers to his devotees. In Ramayana and Mahabharata, cranes are mentioned as heavenly birds. We should learn the patience from the crane, since they used to wait for a long time with its one leg, in order to catch the fishes from the lake. As per legend, it was mentioned that Ma Sati, the first avatar of Ma Parvati Devi, used to grow up cranes at the palace of her father, Lord Daksha Bhagavan, before getting married to Lord Shiva.
Cranes belongs to the family of swans and ducks, but cranes, contains more powers than that of them. Usually cranes would not harm humans, but if we try to disturb them, then they would bite us with its sharp nose.
In our Hinduism, Cranes represents the symbols of long life, prosperity, good luck and good health. It is also believed that there are few divine cranes, which resides in the heaven, as pet birds to Lord Indra Bhagavan. Some divine cranes are also available in the Divine worlds like Kubera Loka, Gandharva Loka, Vaikunta, Kailasha and in the Brahma Loka. Cranes also used as messengers by ancient kings and by the lovers for passing the messages from person to another.