Dipankar Mazumdar
06-12-2010, 09:14 AM
Indian Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
This large Male Crocodile was first spotted walking down the dusty jungle path before settling down to sun on the banks of the Rajbagh lake in the Ranthambhore national park. Later we found its bird like footprints and the impressions of its swaying tail for a good 3 kilometres on the dust down that pathway. Crocodiles in Ranthambhore migrate from seasonal waterbodies to perinnial ones.
It is lucky that its biggest enemy in the National Park, a tigress called Machli, is too old and has lost all its canines while hunting Crocodiles. In her younger days, she would not have hesitated to attack even such a large male walking so brazenly in her territory.
EOS 50D + 300 f4 IS L at 1/500, f4, ISO 100
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Cheers
Dipankar
This large Male Crocodile was first spotted walking down the dusty jungle path before settling down to sun on the banks of the Rajbagh lake in the Ranthambhore national park. Later we found its bird like footprints and the impressions of its swaying tail for a good 3 kilometres on the dust down that pathway. Crocodiles in Ranthambhore migrate from seasonal waterbodies to perinnial ones.
It is lucky that its biggest enemy in the National Park, a tigress called Machli, is too old and has lost all its canines while hunting Crocodiles. In her younger days, she would not have hesitated to attack even such a large male walking so brazenly in her territory.
EOS 50D + 300 f4 IS L at 1/500, f4, ISO 100
Look forward to comments.
Cheers
Dipankar