Village in Ghats - Final part

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We were in the middle of our short walk when he heard that word. 'A leopard Shit'  

The guide took that small round shaped excreta in his hand and opened it. The black coloured excreta had traces of white hair. He told us that a leopard had killed an indian gaur(buffalo) nearby and hence, it has frequented the place.  We were all literally sweating on hearing this.

A 6-feet height Indian gaur

We planned to start from there and few steps afterwards, we found another Shit. This time, it belonged to a vulture.A leopard has slayed a buffalo and a vulture had eaten the decomposed parts. After the vulture eats the decomposed, only bones will remain. How will Mother nature dispose the bones? Nature has answers. Hyena present in the hills will eat mainly the bones.The ecosystem is self-sustainable in this way unless bloody man disturbs it.

We found another different type of grass over there. Under neath the grass,some variety of  potatoes grow. Elephants identifies such potatoes and eats it.The seeds in the potato come out in elephant excreta and they again grow into potatoes. The guide warned that if a man consumes it , he will die within hours. Not sure though how much of it is true. 

By crossing the mountains, i was told, one can reach Kotagiri or Kodanad. The distance was about 20-30km and the people cross the mountains to reach them sometimes.

Hills and a vehicle

Another beautiful  video of a colourful sparrow in its nest. Since building nest in palm tree is difficult, sparrows are building a hanging nest.I have compressed the original HD video.

Another pic of deers

We took coracle and reached nearby village. Coracle is made from cement covers by applying 'tar' on them and drying them.Making a coracle costs close to 12,000 rupees. How these people recover it by making 3 rupees trips, god only knows.

 The same night,we boarded train at Coimbatore.Thus came the end of a  beautiful trip which taught us so many wonderful things . A trip to remember and cherish!