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The pictured individuals are within their “proper” range, in Rajasthan.
(see #26 in this “a shining moment” series for details about the very special, particular location)
However, for more than a few years, feral members of their species lived in several suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.
At least three individuals did 160 kilometres “better”, reaching the Wheatbelt town of Pingelly!
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No other large desert is so densely populated by humans.
Its remarkably abundant and diverse wildlife also defies preconceived notions of deserts as “empty” or “barren” places.
Most of the Thar Desert is in northwest India; the other 15% is in Pakistan.
The greater portion is in Rajasthan.
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Widely regarded as the loveliest deer, the chital has a connection to the cheetah; it is not a predator-prey connection…in the present, at least.
Axis axis was also, in 1803, the very first deer species to be introduced to Australia.
The chital is one of the island continent’s longest-established feral animals.
One CommentI took this post’s photo late on the afternoon of 14 July 2010, just below a small waterfall on Oahu Stream, near Kaikoura on New Zealand’s South Island.
Comments closedThe next image – taken within seconds of the featured one – shows which of the feuding Griffon Vultures won their brief stoush.
(All photos copyright Doug Spencer, taken February 2020)
Comments closedThe greater part of February 2020 has just been wonderfully well spent in India – mostly in Gujarat and Rajahstan.
2 CommentsLabahe Nature Reserve is most celebrated as a place where it is (relatively) easy for humans to see red pandas.
Too many of its visiting humans have eyes for nothing else!
2 CommentsMost of the starkly magnificent Changtang is now within the world’s highest nature reserve, which is also one of the largest.
Its emblematic mammal has fur more precious than gold – a circumstance which very nearly led to the species’ extinction.
Comments closedThe first two happenings were entirely natural.
The gleaming involved a little unwitting assistance from skyscrapers.
All occurred as daylight ebbed at Perth’s Lake Monger, on September 30, 2019. (photos copyright Doug Spencer)
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