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Banjaar Tola

One of the largest and most scenic wildlife sanctuaries in India, Kanha National Park is an ideal habitat for both tigers and their prey species. The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines of Kanha shelter a significant population of rare species such as tiger, leopard, sloth bear, barasingha and wild dog.

Kanha's mixed forests are interspersed with vast meadows known as maidans. These meadows support a high density of herbivores, including chital, barasingha, sambar and gaur, attracting predators such as the tiger, dhole or leopard to the fringes of the clearings. Perennial streams run through a number of such meadows, providing a source of water for the wildlife even in the hot summers. Kanha meadow, with its hundreds of chital grazing on a carpet of green grass against the backdrop of the majestic Sal forest, has been aptly referred to as 'the Ngorongoro of India".

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While driving in the park we came across hunting party of Jungle Babblers who were hunting insects in the undergrowth on both sides of the road. Usually these babblers are in flock of seven or more. Suddenly i saw a squirrel like animal crossing the road, when i observed it carefully i realized it was an uncommon animal called Treeshrew. Which is almost same size and colour of the Squirrel. I showed this rare animal to my Guest and We moved after watching it amongst the Babblers. Now when i came across this article "http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/12/small_bird_engineers_uneasy_alliance_between_hawk_and_treesh.php "where Treeshrew was observed as a part of mixed Hunting party amongst birds, I realized that Treeshrew i saw was indeed a part of hunting party with babblers, where it was increasing its chances to catch insects.

Posted: Banjaar Tola by ashish bais, Date: 20 December 2009