Muntjac

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Barking Deer or Muntjac is known to be an omnivorous deer species which also feeds on dead animals.This one was on a more regular diet … a raw wood apple.

Shot in very low light at BR hills.

500D, 55-250, 250mm, Ae f5.6, ISO 1600, SS1/125, -1.3Ec.

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Roopak

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Nice one Roopak.... Little more light it would have come even better...... TFS


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[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see it with a apple. Liked the pose and the eye contact. You have captured it nicely in the low light. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

The Barking Deer is very much fond of some kinds of fruits, the image testifies to the same. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[V S Sankar]

I hope it is not trying to swallow more than it can chew!

Very difficult to shoot this animal.Runs off quickly.Nice one sir.

Regards

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Great shot...the apple makes it for me, a glimpse into the muntjac's life

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

What is the name of this fruit? Is it Melia composita? Could any of our members help me.SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Shakti sir it is Limonia acidissima.

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Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Many thanks Roopak Bhai. My initial response was to write more about your photo in its totality.How difficult it is to have an image like this when this mammal's normal reaction to man is instant flight! But my gaze got fixed at the fruit.
M.Krishnan has observed that "Barking Deer are very fond of the fruit of 'Melia composita', intensely bitter to human taste."
Thanks for sharing such an image with so many ingredients in one frame including the the habitat.
SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

In oriya we call it Kaitha with an emphasis on "a"

Good to see this barking deer with it. Where in BR Hills was this clicked?