Very nice pictures tanay On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]
