close encounters of the trunked kind
This is an amazing destination, for someone who can see that there are others among the most intelligent species on our planet, this is an fascinating destination.

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…
While standing on the rustic roadside, I noticed something walking down the mud road… a mongoose. As I looked up, there were two more behind it… a family of them walking together in a group. I just couldn’t believe it. They were looking at me occasionally but still walking down past me as I stood…
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]…
[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…
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…