Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Animals Sighted in India

Eventually this will have pictures, but I need to start making the list before I forget.  Vaguely ordered in terms of awesomeness.  Hopefully there will be updates on the drive to Belgaum tomorrow!

  • 3 monkeys (no pictures though!)
  • 1 mongoose (it was not eating a snake)
  • 1 tiny hummingbird the size of a bee
  • One parrot, seemingly racing the car
  • A few geckos/salamanders of various sizes in my bathroom and bedroom
  • A dozen or so feral dogs, a few of which want to be friends and get fed, but most of which know to keep away from people
  • One adorable feral puppy that really wanted to be friends
  • a number of black bees, the size of small sparrows
  • Wild pigs, both at the monastery and in the middle of large towns
  • Many cows, which mostly look too thin, one of which was dead
  • A reasonable quantity of sheep and goats, in places that are reasonable to find them
  • A few frogs, which became a bazillion frogs after the rains.  I was worried about stepping on them at night, but the closest call came when one jumped onto my foot.
  • Beautiful birds - some varieties of cranes and similar birds.
  • Butterflies, sometimes a dozen at a time.  Many likes resting on the walls of the guesthouse.
  • A few cats, one of which went into the monastery during the rain.  Maybe it is still in there, somewhere.
  • Ants.  Ants everywhere.  I had no idea I could peacefully exist with so many ants.

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