After checking Lovedale railway
station, near Ooty, on the 3rd day of our travel to Nilgiris
we encountered a Bison while looking for a place to have lunch. Driving further
on the isolated Lovedale road adjoining the backyard of the Lawrence School we come to
halt on the roadside to have lunch, but we unnoticed there was a Bison (Indian
Gaur) standing at a height of about 15 foot vertically from where we stood.
We almost decided to get down but
heard the rustle sound in the bushes above and it was a bison grazing and
hiding among the bushes. Though it isn’t a huge one and standing on the edge of
the vertically down, it’s impossible for it to climb down or leap off but
parents were not willing to stop there so we move on to another spot. Before
doing so, tried to capture the Indian gaur hiding in the bushes and what you
see here were visible then.
The Indian Bison or Indian Gaur
is a
strong and massively built species, the largest extant bovine, native to
South Asia. Gaurs are black
in color while females are brown, but both the hide of male and female Gaurs is
white below the knee of each leg. I have seen Indian gaurs in the mountains of Kodaikanal
and Valparai, but it continues to excite seeing in wild.
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10 comments:
Hello, they look like massive critters. I would be spooked if one came out of the bushes at me. Great shots. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!
wow what a big creature. Is it dangerous for people?
We saw them at Valpaarai! They look amazing!
Hello Jeevan!:) I would be excited too, if I saw a wild Bison,...but not just where I was picnicking!!! You did well to move on, just in case he became annoyed at being disturbed. Interesting fact about the Indian Bison being white below the knee. Have a blessed Sunday.:)
These are huge. It's a difficult decision to stop by them, even if just to take a few photos!
Destination Infinity
Quite an adventure I must say !
Thanks for sharing this. I had never seen this Bison before which looks huge indeed.
I had seen big buffaloes and Yaks in China but not Bison. Like you said it is quite common in South Asia only. I remembered watching TV documentary that they have American Bisons too. I am not sure about their difference.
This one looks huge and dangerous. Does it attack people?
Gosia K and Nancy Chan – Yes, they are dangerous but attack people only if they feel threatening or disturbed.
It blends in so well!
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