Was amazed to by chance witness social spiders having their morning breakfast…
Whereas most spiders are solitary and even aggressive toward other members of their own species, some hundreds of species in several families show a tendency to live in groups, often referred to as colonies
~ wiki
Look at how many of them come out… wow to their coordination 🙂
A non-poisonous snake was found in our neighborhood which a snake handler came on request and caught it, to release it into the wild. A little girl aged around 7 years loved the snake and requested if she can hold it for a while… The snake handler showed the snake to us. I wanted to…
Seems to be wondering… 😉 umm… what does this say…? echo location isn’t much help in reading… is this thing bat-safe? ok let me try it anyway… Came across this tiny baby bat almost motionless but slowly moving around. Had it fallen out of the tree? Was it abandoned? A naturalist friend Sheema shared… [21/11/2021]…
Have seen many amazing animal videos since childhood, but this was quite incredible. The comments are based on the video below, and are only relevant if you watch it. Usually langurs give out an alarm call, but the langur mother here is very calm and composed, and rather than blindly react, is very observant of…
This a tiny lake with maybe no name. Anyway in Bangalore, we just have to wish a lake by any other name, remains a lake! Around April while walking around southern part of Banashankari over a small dry lake bed, there were some sheep grazing around. The grazing sheep were at first very shy, running…
[on a trip to Mudhumalai with some friends] Woke up around 6:30After an uninterrupted sleep. I wanted to make good use of being in the forest and so meditated for some time. All the other guys were still asleep and I stepped out of the cottage after around half an hour into the pristine world…
The distinction between a turtle, tortoise or terrapin comes from what habitat they are adapted to live in. Marine-based turtles spend most of their lives at sea, only returning to land to lay eggs. Their shells are flat and streamlined to help reduce drag while swimming. Unlike land-based tortoises who have short, sturdy legs, turtles…