Hello, friends, and community greetings. This is my post for this time's theme: ANIMALs
The community said Whether they are intruder cats or dogs sleeping on our favorite plants, some of us have chickens, goats, or other farmyard animals. Pests like rabbits or mice invade some of us!
But here in our Indian garden, It is totally different from the common western garden. We have many special animals that you might see in a zoo or in the jungle.
The Gray langur, also known as the Hanuman langur is believed to be connected with The Hindu God Hanuman so for this reason we don't hurt them even they cause trouble. (Semnopithecus), is a type of colobine monkey. They are frequently found locally and can be quite aggressive. Despite their funny appearance, they pose a significant problem for the garden. They consume tender leaves and unripe fruits and also destroy new plants. The term "langur" means 'having a long tail'. They have white fur and black faces and are commonly referred to as leaf monkeys. While they typically live in small groups, lately they have been sighted in larger groups. Once they enter a garden, it is extremely difficult to chase them out. These wild animals are a real nuisance for all the gardeners in the area. They spend their nights in the trees.
A mongoose (mongeese) is a small terrestrial mammal of the family Herpestidae, a family of small cat-like carnivores. They are very cute, especially the babies, and calm they do not disturb humans but they are enemies of snakes. If the mongoose lives in the garden then very rarely will you find a snake there. they live in the bushes around the fence or make small holes in our sand. They also eat fruits that fall on the ground.
they are not shy but they never approach us either we very glad to have them around as they are a kind of protector in our garden.
Many times we notice this animal in the garden mostly in the middle of the day when the sun aand sand are hottest they lie under the bushes but they are very shy I am talking about Ghorpad a monitor lizard in the genus Varanus in the family Varanidae. they are harmless and eat some insects and small plants.
The Indian palm squirrels are native and all over the garden It is about the size of a large chipmunk, with a bushy tail slightly shorter than its body. The back is a grey-brown color with three conspicuous white stripes that run from head to tail. We believe that the stripes are a blessing from Lord Rama. during the war this small animal helped Rama to build the bridge in the Indian Ocean connecting India and Sri Lanka. The two outer stripes run from the forelegs to the hind legs only. It has a creamy-white belly and a tail covered with long, black, and white hair. we like to have them scurrying around playfully but when we are away they try to make nests inside the window screens and destroy the netting.
A common garden lizard we call sarada has very beautiful colors he changes color from time to time. This reptile is also harmless they just eat insects and do their business.
Also, we have visits from neighbors dogs and cats.
One time the neighbor's dog dug a hole in the ground and delivered 4 puppies.
and once we got a visit from a horse which is kept to offer rides to visitors on the beach nearby. somehow he wandered away and ended up in our garden looking for nice fresh green leaves for lunch.
We have many different types of tropical birds, bats, insects frogs, snakes, turtles, and even fish that keep our well clean and fresh maybe I will post about some of them another time.
When we were there last winter we had visits from wild hens/junglefowl, some of the natural bushy areas and forests are being cut down to make tourist accommodations and resorts so the wild animals look for new undisturbed habitats and they find refuge in our garden. And so long as we hold that property they are welcome in our garden.
These are our garden animals.
Thank you for stopping by.
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