Tag: Indian Forest Service

Cute video of baby elephant taking a bath ‘is so much fun’

A baby elephant climbing into a tiny bath, lying down in the water and kicking up a leg is also delightful, sweet, lovely and adorable.

Video footage of a baby elephant climbing into a tiny bath, lying down in the water and kicking up a leg is a perfect definition of adorable.

A senior officer of the Indian Forest Service who is known for posting wildlife videos shared the video on Twitter and stated, “Watching this baby elephant enjoying its bath is so much fun.”

Susanta Nanda, who is the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, posted the video Wednesday, though he did not say the location. Nevertheless, his followers loved it, not surprisingly.

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Commenters described the footage as delightful, adorable, sweet, lovely and cute.

It’s all the above and more.

Watch: Reptiles spotted fighting standing up to settle ‘conflict’

An officer of the Indian Forest Service, posted video of the reptile combatants on Twitter, writing, “Learning to manage conflicts.”

What might appear to be two alligators doing battle standing up, it is actually two monitor lizards duking it out in Calcutta, India.

Susanta Nanda, an officer of the Indian Forest Service, posted video of the reptile combatants on Twitter, writing, “Learning to manage conflicts.”

The remarkable scene unfolded on the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, where monitor lizards have, as one commenter on Twitter states, been around the campus for decades and are “part of the furniture.”

Monitor lizards are harmless to humans, mostly carnivores and can grow up to 10 feet long. They live alone or in groups.

And sometimes, obviously, they fight.

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The Twitter commenters reacted with an array of responses. A sampling:

“Maybe they’re dancing the waltz.”

“Monitor lizards hugging it out?”

“Close to Titanic love story.”

“So, they are engaged in new project assignment.”

“Management classes at Garden.”

“February might be over, but love is still in the air.”

 

Watch: Leopard leaps onto van and rips off window deflector

A leopard that attacked 15 people in India was captured in video displaying its aggressive behavior by attacking a van.

A leopard that attacked 15 people, including women and children, was captured in video displaying its aggressive behavior by jumping over a residential fence and then leaping onto a van and ripping off its window deflector.

An instant later, the leopard was fleeing down the street, as shown in footage captured Monday by an official from the Indian Forest Service in Jorhat, Assam, India.

The leopard is believed to have left the neighboring Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in search of food when it went on the attack, as reported by The India Times.

Most of the people who were injured were from the Rain Forest Research Institute campus on the outskirts of Jorhat. Campus residents have been advised to remain indoors.

“Some residents had a close shave as the leopard was roaming,” official Ranjit Kowar told The Times of India.

“The leopard attacked two forest officials in the morning,” forest range officer Iqbal Ahmed told the TOI.

“Many of the injured were bitten and needed hospitalization,” hospital spokesperson Purnima Barua told TOI. “They seem to be out of danger now. But more people with injuries are coming to the Jorhat Medical College Hospital.”

Two children, a woman and two forest officials were among those taken to the hospital.

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“It has become very aggressive,” Kowar told TOI. “We have laid traps inside the campus to capture it. Efforts are on to track it.”

Thus far, the leopard has avoided capture.

Photo courtesy of the Indian Forest Service.

Can you spot the python ‘sitting on the throne’?

The Indian rock python is whitish or yellowish in color with blotched patterns from tan to dark brown shades, and can hide well in a tree.

The Indian rock python is usually whitish or yellowish in color with blotched patterns from tan to dark brown shades, varying on the terrain and habitat, and it tends to blend in among the leaves and limbs when sitting in a tree.

That is the case of the Indian rock python that was photographed by Parveen Kaswan, an officer of the Indian Forest Service who lives in West Bengal, India.

Somehow Kaswan spotted the python high in a tree and posted a photo of it on Twitter asking, “Now who is sitting on the throne. Do you see anything!!”

According to Animalia, Indian rock pythons are nocturnal and mainly terrestrial, but they are very good climbers and can often be seen hanging on branches of trees—or not seen, as the case may be.

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“Sitting on the throne” was a good hint, but Kaswan offered a second photo as another that gives it away.

“Some people still need hint,” Kaswan wrote when he posted a third photo that zeroes in on the coiled python atop of its throne.

“You have an amazing job and eye for detail,” one commenter on Twitter wrote. “Very jealous yet very happy for you.”

No question Kaswan has very good eyes to have made that initial spotting.

Photos courtesy of Parveen Kaswan.

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