I love dense forests and love to observe snakes.... yeah some of them are deadly poisonous 'only' if u hurt them... so never try to catch them....conversationalist[?]
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice pics. For forests its said that the most colourful things are > most dangerous. this goes for the snake as well as the mushroom. > > The snake above is Calliophis nigrescens (Black Coral Snake) and it is > supposed to be deadly poisonous. > > Pankaj > > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 2:00 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nature's iridescent ruby-like jewels | Little red mushrooms & the > little > > coral snake > > /* > > At around 4.30 pm at Vibhuti falls, the clouds hold the sun hostage, > after > > which the latter hardly shows up again. Soon, darkness sets everywhere. > > Around the same time, we saw these wonderful little red mushrooms (half a > > dozen of them) gleaming in the dark under a tall tree. Later, we came > > across a black shiny snake in the darkness trying to cross the boulders > in > > the forest path. When our guide came in between the snake's path, the > > little creature coiled its tail showing its red belly -what is known as > > cork screw display, its way warning a predator . Our guide could handle > the > > coral snake with ease with a small twig and eventually release it safely > > into the jungle. In fact, just two days before he had been bitten by a > baby > > pit viper. But like the people here do, he also relied on herbal > medicines > > for the wound to heal and life went on as before. > > Size: diameter :6cms aprox, length: around 1 meter length, Venomous: Not > > known > > 13 Oct 2010 5.34 PM > > */ > > > > Mushroom Size < 1cms, heigth 1.5cms, cap dia -3cms, > > Gills underneath present, No. found 6, edge of the forest path, > > Vibhuti falls, Yana, Uttara Kannada > > Habitat Damp dark, forest path > > 13 Oct 2010 4.50PM > > > > Regards > > Raghu > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- Smita raskar M.Sc. (Botany) Biology teacher 308 Disha Residency, Salaiwada,Sawantwadi Phone (02363) 274153 Mob.9422379568
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