Wow, nice pics. Mr. V.R.Singh is there in Nagarhole.... Thanks for sharing Pankaj
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:06 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Grass Week : Jumbo's green grass festival > Normally this wild elephant herd comes to the Kabini backwaters to quench > its thirst. But thanks to the pre-monsoon showers in May 2010, green grass > shoots are in abundance here and this gang of pachyderms (15 in number) is > busy feeding on the fresh grass, oblivious to our presence and sometimes > churning its trunk to remove unwanted leaves, > This baby elephant in the herd though has found an easy way of eating food - > it is > picking up grass directly from its mother's mouth. Is that what we humans > call spoon feeding? He even immitates the churning act before he puts the > grass into his mouth. > > Kakanakote forest, > Nagarahole > 15 May 2010 > 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
