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WELL, SINCE I HAVE AN AMPLE BACK SEAT I RENT IT OUT TO TIRED BIRDS |
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ALLRIGHT. FINAL STOP OF THE DAY. TIME TO ALIGHT. |
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BYE BYE & THANKS. |
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SEE? GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MY REFLECTION IN THE WATER AS WELL. |
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THIS IS AS FAR AS WE GO TOGETHER LADY. I AM A BUSY GUY.I HAVE PASSENGERS ON THE OTHER SIDE TOO,YOU KNOW, WHO NEED MY SERVICES! |
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THIS RHINO HAD APPEARED OUT OF A CLUMP OF BUSHES VERY SUDDENLY, AS IF WANTING TO BE CLICKED. AN ASPIRING MODEL PROBABLY. WE WERE INDEED VERY GRATEFUL TO IT FOR IT GAVE US SOME OF THE CLOSEST & CLEAREST VIEWS AND SHOTS OF OUR EXPEDITION. MOST OF THE RHINOS WERE ALWAYS BUSY EATING, AND HAD THEIR FACES HIDDEN IN THE TALL GRASS. |
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THIS ONE VERY GRACIOUSLY TOOK OUT SOME TIME(& ITS HEAD OUT OF THE GRASS )FROM ITS BUSY EATING SCHEDULE TO GIVE US A FRONT VIEW. IT ALSO POSED PATIENTLY WHILE WE TOOK IT'S PICTURE. |
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THIS WAS A VERY AGED RHINO, AN ABSOLUTELY HUGE & BEAUTIFUL BEAST. WE WERE GLAD TO FIND IT SO CLOSE TO OUR SAFARI VEHICLE. |
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THE MARSHY GROUNDS OF KAZIRANGA |
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A BABY RHINO MAKES A DASH FOR THE GRASSES AS IT SEES US APPROACHING ON AN ELEPHANT. |
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MAYBE IF I MAKE A FACE LIKE A FISH, THEY WILL GO AWAY. |
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HEY WHY AM I RUNNING? I AM IN A SANCTUARY! RIGHT? |
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HMMM.... |
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I AM GOING TO BE BRAVE NOW AND COME OUT. |
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UMM...WHAT WAS IT THAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT BRAVERY? |
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I THINK I WILL EXHIBIT MY BRAVERY ON ANOTHER DAY. THE BRAVERY AWARDS ARE STILL SOME TIME AWAY. |
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THIS WAS OUR FIRST SIGHTING OF THE ANIMAL WE HAD COME SO FAR FROM HOME TO SEE.WE SPOTTED IT RIGHT FROM THE ROAD WHEN WE WERE APPROACHING THE MAIN GROUNDS OF KAZIRANGA PARK, AND GRAZING WITH A HERD OF COWS AT THAT ! |
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THE RHINO WAS TOO FAR TO BE SEEN VERY CLEARLY BUT THE ENTIRE VIEW LOOKED TOO BEAUTIFUL & TEMPTING TO LET PASS WITHOUT CLICKING MY CAMERA. |
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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW SO MANY RHINOS GRAZING TOGETHER AND AGAIN FROM THE MAIN ROAD. THIS TIME ON OUR WAY OUT. OUR LAST SIGHTING OF THIS MAGNIFICIENT ANIMAL AND A LUCKY ONE AT THAT. |
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THESE WERE PICTURES OF THE GREAT INDIAN ONE HORNED RHINOCEROS, TAKEN IN THE KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK, ASSAM. TODAY, THIS SURVIVOR FROM THE PREHISTORIC TIMES IS FOUND ONLY IN ASSAM(A NORTH EASTERN STATE OF INDIA) AND IN NEPAL. THE USUAL WEIGHT OF AN INDIAN RHINO IS 2000 KGS.THE ONE WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN AN INDIAN AND AN AFRICAN RHINO IS THE SINGLE HORN.ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE INDIAN RHINO IS IT'S SKIN, WHICH IS KNOBBLY AND FALLS INTO DEEP FOLDS AT ITS JOINTS, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE IT'S WEARING AN ARMOUR. ALL THE RHINOS ARE VEGETARIAN AND INDIAN RHINOS MOSTLY EAT GRASS, FRUITS, LEAVES AND CROPS. THEIR WELL DEVELOPED UPPER LIP HELPS THEM TO EAT OUT THE TALL ELEPHANT GRASS,WHICH IS THEIR FAVOURITE FOOD. IT ALSO HELPS THEM TO PULL OUT AQUATIC PLANTS BY THE ROOTS. INDIAN RHINOS USUALLY PREFER TO ROAM AROUND IN THE PARK IN THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS TO AVOID THE HEAT OF THE DAY. THEIR LIFE SPAN IS AROUND 40 YEARS.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS PARK IS TO PRESERVE AND CONSERVE THE POPULATION OF THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES. IT IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR BEING THE ONLY NATURAL HABITAT OF THE ONE HORNED RHINO. KAZIRANGA IS IN FACT A HUGE SUCCESS STORY. THANKS TO THE DETERMINED EFFORTS OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS, THE ALMOST EXTINCT POPULATION OF THIS SPECIES HAS RISEN FROM MERELY 12 IN EARLY 1990's TO MORE THAN A THOUSAND RHINOS NOW. THE EFFORTS CONTINUE. |
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