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Migrating wild elephant getting a short nap in Valparai😴 Elephants are the shortest sleeping mammal. How elephants survive on so little sleep remains a mystery. Asian elephants are more crepuscular in nature.They are more active during dawn and dusk. Takes short nap of 5-30 min!
Enchanting Anamalai Tiger Reserve.🐘Annually > 200 elephants migrates to Valparai in Dec and stays till Mar. Anti depredation squad plays major role in monitoring and combating Human elephant conflict 24/7 without using any fire crackers. “We ensured zero human causality so far”
South Indian - Kolam with rice flour 😍 invites other small creatures, including birds. It is a way to welcome other beings into one’s home and everyday life: a daily tribute to harmonious co-existence and a simple step towards creating an ecological balance.
It’s my great pleasure to present the “Guard of honour”for our legendary “Kaleem”the Iconic Kumki Elephant of the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp in Topslip,TN retired today at the age of 60, Involved in 99 rescue operations.Happy retirement Kaleem. Well deserved time off 🎉
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GO SLOW ! Protection given to the endangered Primate LTM(Lion tailed macaque) group of 130 individuals in Anamalai tiger Reserve,Valparai.
Peoples coming to Valparai during Diwali holidays may pls slow down your vehicle speed while entering Iyarpadi, Pudhuthotam area.
#saveLTM
Enchanting Anamalai Tiger Reserve
Great Horn bill 😍
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A huge, distinctive hornbill with a large yellow bill and casque. Sexes are similar, except that females have an entirely yellow casque, a pale iris, and bare pink skin around the eye.
When I was a student in 2009, attended Special task force training in Sathyamanglm and got inspired by the most respected
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#sylendrababu
sir:As said by DGP sir, “Thoughts have power;therefore decide first what to think”His words has come true in 2014 when i cleared
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🙏
World Ranger Day 👮🏻♂️ 🐅🐠
This is to celebrate the incredible things that rangers do for nature every day, and to remember and honour those rangers whose lives been lost on duty.
This year,140 rangers in 37 countries have lost their lives while protecting nature.
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Lucky to sight ATLAS MOTH in Valparai. One of the largest moth spp in the don't eat as they don't have fully formed mouths.Lives for one or two weeks.Born without the ability to eat, only spend time to mate and lay their eggs/reproduce.
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I am deeply humbled and honored to have received this Certificate of Appreciation from the most respected TN FOREST Addl Chief Secretary
@supriyasahuias
mam. This recognition inspires me to continue to pursue my passion with even greater enthusiasm. Thank you mam🙏
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The lion-tailed macaque is endemic to Western Ghats. LTM is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List, Appendix I of CITES, & Schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act,1972.Tourists are advised to drive slowly and do not feed any LTMs/any wild animals found in Valparai Ghat road🛣️.
Happy morning 🐦
Nesting ritual of Great Hornbill🍒
They build nests in tree cavities, often sealing themselves in with a mixture of mud. The female remains in the tree hole nest with her eggs and relies on the male to bring food through a small opening.
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Glad to be a part of an initiative carried out by Dept of Highways, TN.Placed reflective boards in all the hairpin bends of Valparai to educate the tourist about the ATR biodiversity. My pic Malabar gliding frog had find a place here.
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Great effort TN
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Icons of Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Valparai.
#Guar
Tough Prey-As adults, very few animals can threaten gaurs.Though they do fall prey to tigers, they definitely don’t go down without a fight.Gaurs can kill tigers,and tigers can only rarely take down a adult guar.
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Anamalai Tiger reserve inhabiting more than 100 migratory elephants🐘this season.Anti depredation squad of ATR monitoring elephant movements 24x7 to ensure people safety and to avoid human elephant conflict.Tourist are advised to drive slowly at night hours in Valparai Ghat road.
#FACT
World largest living Teak tree🌳Gazing at the magnificent tree sprung from the earth almost 500 years ago. You rush to embrace it-how much it has endured in all these years, cuts,chops,bruises yet stands courageous and firm.Telling us how life should be lived.
It is important to ensure the emotional well being of the tribal children and facilitate their education. As Winter season prevailing in Valparai, Sweat shirts has been distributed to the student of Tribal residential school at Valparai. Many thanks to Sulochana garments,Tirupur.
Enchanting Anamalai Tiger Reserve😍
Jumbos in the modified habitat in Valparai. Understanding behavior of elephants in human-dominated landscapes can facilitate creation of management tools for conflict resolution and help foster human-elephant coexistence.
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🐘Elephants have right of way🐘
Do not Obstruct🐘 Wildlife crossing zone
🐅Anamalai Tiger Reserve 🐅
-Tourists coming to VALPARAI this May month for Vacation-Be aware of WILD ELEPHANTS crossing main roads.
-Drive slowly & Carefully🚘🚖
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#ATRFact
: New born elephant calves follow their mother in her daily routine. The young calf rarely strays from the watchful eye of its mother who touches it continuously and reassuringly with her. The oldest female matriarch is the leader of the herd.
Happy morning ☀️
Asiatic Wild Dog - the formidable predator of the Indian jungle. They are extremely efficient hunters and are capable of catching, incapacitating and eating up prey animals that are more than ten times their size.
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#Kodaikanalsanctuary
Happy morning ☀️
Plum headed parakeet 🦜🦜
Parakeets are protected under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. These birds cannot be trapped, sold, or held in captivity. Law breakers would be liable to a hefty fine of ₹25,000,imprisonment of up to three years, or both.
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#InternationalTigerDay
. Tamil Nadu is home to nearly 10% of India's tiger population with 264 Tigers as per NTCA. Tamil Nadu plan to organise TN Global Tiger Summit' in partnership with GOI at Chennai in October 2022-tribute to TN's pioneering efforts in Tiger Conservation
I feel proud to be part of Anamalai Tiger Reserve,Coimbatore,Tamilnadu.
NTCA-National Tiger Conservation Authority(MEE-Management Effectiveness Evaluation team)had categorised Anamalai Tiger Reserve as EXCELLENT for its best Tiger Management practices👍
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Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department,TN conducted Humanity week festival 2023 in Valparai chaired by Sub collector mam
@Priyankaias2020
. Excellent performance by the tribal children’s.
@CollectorCbe
Congratulations to all the winners and the participants 🎉
I am extremely honoured that the photos taken my me in Godandaramar temple,Rameshwaram has got featured in Honourable Chief Minister sirs official page🙏I extend my heartfelt thanks to respected ACS mam
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and respected wildlife warden sir,GoMMNP
@jagdishbakanIFS
Happy morning 🐍
Happy World Snake Day
Create awareness about the reptiles rarely loved by humans. Contrary to negative perception and myths, snakes play an important role in maintaining the ecological balance on planet earth.
#largescaledpitviper
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Mitigating Human Elephant Conflict in Anamalai Tiger Reserve.Awareness given to students&public thru cultural prog at Govt Arts college.Valparai is a unique landscape where humans and elephants have to live in harmony.Understanding wildlife behaviour&Coexistence is the only way.
Happy morning 🚔🚗🚕⚠️
Nilgiri tahr, the pride of Anamalai tiger reserve.
Tourists coming to Valparai are informed to GO SLOW in the ghat road particularly in 9-15 hair pin bends.
Rash drivers and vehicle will be penalised. ❗️
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#ProjectNilgiriTahr
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Happy morning 🐅
Happy -International Tiger Day.
Theme: Raising awareness about tiger conservation and the urgent threats these majestic animals face, such as habitat loss, poaching, and human-wildlife conflict.
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Happy Sunday 🦍
Nilgiri Langur - ICON OF ANAMALAI TIGER RESERVE- endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats of India. Nilgiri langurs breed round the year. Have only one offspring at a time and more during monsoon- mostly reported in June and Sep.
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Icons of Anamalai Tiger Reserve!
Be prepared to wait, and wait, and wait ! The Wait is over 🐿️
Asian Red cheeked squirrel - endemic to western ghats🐿️ Clicked in Sirukundra FRH Valparai.
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Happy morning ☀️
White- cheeked Barbet🐦
A green barbet found only in southern India. Constantly calls “kutrook-kutrook-kutrook”in mid-day hours from all kinds of wooded patches from small parks to wet evergreen forests.
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