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#Genius #MasterStroke 81,000 Cr LOSS/yr
CANNOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP!
Govt Introduces a #POLICY estm to SAVE Rs 36,000 Cr/Yr in #Forex
BUT To SAVE Rs 36000 Crore, the Govt & Indian Public are SPENDING 300% or 117000 Crores more 😳
= 81,000 Cr LOSS/yr
#Thread on A #MasterStroke
CANNOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP!
Govt Introduces a #POLICY estm to SAVE Rs 36,000 Cr/Yr in #Forex
BUT To SAVE Rs 36000 Crore, the Govt & Indian Public are SPENDING 300% or 117000 Crores more 😳
= 81,000 Cr LOSS/yr
#Thread on A #MasterStroke
#Modinomics decided in 2020/21 to Introduce the 20% #Ethanol Blending (Petrol) Policy.
Intention of the Policy designed by the @NITIAyog was to save India Rs36,000 in FOREX & help the Environment
Link to the document niti.gov.in/sites/default/…
Intention of the Policy designed by the @NITIAyog was to save India Rs36,000 in FOREX & help the Environment
Link to the document niti.gov.in/sites/default/…
BUT AT WHAT COST ?
FIRST: Every litre of Ethanol, Govt India will lose Rs15-20 in Tax Collections since:
👉Cost of Procuring PETROL is Rs45/lt
👉Cost of Procurement of ETHANOL is Rs65/Lt
👉Difference is Rs20/lt is LOSS IN TAX REVENUE
1020cr Ethanol = 20400cr in Tax Losses/Yr
FIRST: Every litre of Ethanol, Govt India will lose Rs15-20 in Tax Collections since:
👉Cost of Procuring PETROL is Rs45/lt
👉Cost of Procurement of ETHANOL is Rs65/Lt
👉Difference is Rs20/lt is LOSS IN TAX REVENUE
1020cr Ethanol = 20400cr in Tax Losses/Yr
"In March 2023 the #Forest #Conservation Amendment bill was plaed before the LokSabha. Ms Prakriti Srivastava,IFS (PCCF #Kerala) & I jointly wrote a submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, link provided at the end of the (long) thread. 1/n
highlighting the imp pts:
Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
2/n
Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
2/n
b) Undoes many provisions of the existing #ForestConservationAct; c) dilutes the 202/1996 #SupremeCourt ‘Godavarman’ #judgement, overturns its #conservation gains
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
#SupremeCourt hears Kerala government's petition against directions of Kerala HC against relocating rogue elephant named "Arikomban" from Munnar-Chinnakanal area.
#SupremeCourtofIndia #SupremeCourt #Elephant
#SupremeCourtofIndia #SupremeCourt #Elephant
Counsel: The government wants to first capture it and study it.
CJI DY Chandrachud: For relocation capture is necessary.
Counsel: They want to leave him in sanctuary. He is addicted to rice. He attacks people.
#SupremeCourtofIndia #SupremeCourt #Elephant
CJI DY Chandrachud: For relocation capture is necessary.
Counsel: They want to leave him in sanctuary. He is addicted to rice. He attacks people.
#SupremeCourtofIndia #SupremeCourt #Elephant
CJI DY Chandrachud: You have an expert committee and experts themselves have said that the elephant has to be released. It is a reasoned order. We will not interfere.
#SupremeCourtofIndia #SupremeCourt #Elephant
#SupremeCourtofIndia #SupremeCourt #Elephant
With the cacophony over #Elephant #Arikomban, lets understand how such #elephants are 'made', and #conflict created. As per a #Kerala cabinet decision taken in August 2002, 559 families of landless tribals were settled on 276 ha land in #Chinnakanal during 2003. The then 1/9
DFO (#Munnar) #PrakritiSrivastava objected: it was prime #elephant habitat & corridor, the consequences would be disasterous. Within a year, human-elephant conflict had escalated. Giving pattas wily-nily w/o w/o #forest dept inputs #wildlife consideration is best avoided 2/9
🎉🇺🇸 Today marks the 169th anniversary of the Republican Party of the United States, organized in Ripon, Wisconsin on this day in 1854! Let's take a journey through its early history. #GOP #RepublicanPartyAnniversary
📜 The Republican Party was formed in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed for the possibility of slavery in new territories. Anti-slavery activists and former Whig Party members united to fight for a common cause. #1854 #KansasNebraskaAct
🤝 The party's name was inspired by Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party, emphasizing the Republican Party's commitment to the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. #Jefferson #Inspiration
Do you know #elephant family is all women group. Made of #mother, #aunts, #grandmother & all other #ladies. Most of the times Male leave herd early. Kids are looked by all female elephants in herd not only mother. Most experienced female makes all decision for family. #WomensDay
Obvious that experienced matriarch should lead #elephant family. She has accumulated immense traits/wisdom due to her long life. Which comes handy in long journeys & dangers. So when matriarch dies of some accident, the herd is directionless for some time.
Males keep on joining & leaving herds. Well one of the accepted theory is. That males when they get young are pushed out from the herd/family by dominant female, also called as matriarch. To check the inbreeding. Which only shows elephants are highly intelligent.
#Virginia has once again failed 1) #elephant🐘#Asha & 2) the issue of public safety (HB2483).
The personal ‘wants’ of a few were favored over public safety & the needs of a captive wild #animal.
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The personal ‘wants’ of a few were favored over public safety & the needs of a captive wild #animal.
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.@MichaelWebert You have said:
“Life is easy when you’re a Democrat politician because you can twist whatever legislation you want to fit your narrative.”
With all due respect, you did just that in response to HB2483. 2/
“Life is easy when you’re a Democrat politician because you can twist whatever legislation you want to fit your narrative.”
With all due respect, you did just that in response to HB2483. 2/
.@MichaelWebert Your remarks & those in opposition to the bill were *personal, emotional, not based in science*.
Ironically, these are words used to invalidate concerned citizens when advocating for animal welfare issues and public safety concerns. 3/
Ironically, these are words used to invalidate concerned citizens when advocating for animal welfare issues and public safety concerns. 3/
Wild elephants raiding rice filelds for food is common, but this particular #elephant has been raiding ration shops and houses in search of rice!
In one-and-a-half years, the rogue elephant called 'Ari Komban' (rice tusker) has raided this ration shop 6-7 times in search of rice.
In one-and-a-half years, the rogue elephant called 'Ari Komban' (rice tusker) has raided this ration shop 6-7 times in search of rice.
Arikomban has been a regular presence in and around Anayirankal Dam near #Munnar and has killed at least 10 people.
#Kerala
#HumanAnimalConflict
#WildElephant
#Kerala
#HumanAnimalConflict
#WildElephant
Third post in the #WildlifeWeek series.
Day 3 - #Rhino resurgence in the #Terai !!
The Greater One-Horned #Rhinoceros is the second largest #mammal in #India after the #Elephant. Its distribution once ranged from the flood plains of the Indus to the Indo-Burmese border.
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Day 3 - #Rhino resurgence in the #Terai !!
The Greater One-Horned #Rhinoceros is the second largest #mammal in #India after the #Elephant. Its distribution once ranged from the flood plains of the Indus to the Indo-Burmese border.
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However the loss of #grassland #habitat resulted in only a small population remaining in North East India and #Nepal.The species was totally extirpated from the Indian Terai in the 19th century, with the last rhino there being shot in the #Pilibhit Forest Division in 1878.
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Efforts being put in by @resqct and @MahaForest @MilishSharma #DhananjayWaybhase in Gadchiroli to monitor this incredible wild #Elephant herd in #Maharashtra to prevent human-elephant conflict @NehaPanchamia @ranjeetnature @DJIGlobal @SageEarth (1/4)
Using UAV Thermal Drone imaging to monitor elephants is safe for the #elephants and the humans involved, as it can be done from a distance. It is quite silent and observes the elephants post dark from a height of 100 ft without disturbing them. (2/4)
While sincere efforts are being put to prevent human-elephant conflict, the herd often ventures out of the forest patch post dark and causes a fair amount of damage to the crops of local farmers and homes of the villagers. (3/4)
During the early 1990s, John Blashford-Snell, Rula Lenska and other travelled to Nepal to find and photograph the giant #elephants Raja Gaj and Kansha. They succeeded, and got great images of both animals. They later wrote a book about their adventures... 1/n
The twin-domed skulls and convex trunk bases of these animals - Raja Gaj in particular - led to suggestions (albeit only in talks and popular articles) that they were 'living mammoths' or 'living stegodonts'. I asked Blashford-Snell a few times where these ideas came from... 2/n
They were the result of confusion. The Nepalese giants had been compared by some elephant experts to Elephas hysudricus, an Asian #Pleistocene fossil #elephant with very prominent cranial doming. No deliberate reference to mammoths OR stegodonts! 3/n
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
My thread on Pakistan's notorious bureaucracy 👇
@nadeemhaque @durre_nayab_ @FaheemJehangir @PIDEpk @drniqbal @ShujaatSohal @ZulfiqarFahd @zehra_gardezi @ImtiazGul60 @SameenaDurrani @ammaradurrani @BirgitLamm @nasir_econ @gnbalti @vaqarahmed
My thread on Pakistan's notorious bureaucracy 👇
@nadeemhaque @durre_nayab_ @FaheemJehangir @PIDEpk @drniqbal @ShujaatSohal @ZulfiqarFahd @zehra_gardezi @ImtiazGul60 @SameenaDurrani @ammaradurrani @BirgitLamm @nasir_econ @gnbalti @vaqarahmed
Whenever there is a discussion on what is holding Pakistan back, the #elephant in the room is #bureaucracy. So, what is wrong with bureaucracy, or should I say what wrong has it done to the country? For the answer, we need to dig a bit into its historical evolution.
Pakistan’s administrative machinery, in particular its infamous bureaucracy, is profoundly influenced by its colonial legacy. The #British had created authoritative and exceedingly centralized bureaucratic #institutions to rule the empire.
The 24 Gurus in our life....a #Thread
In general, humans work hard to nurture religion, economic progress, sense satisfaction, and spiritual knowledge, with the goal of extending their lives, gaining reputation, and enjoying material riches.
In general, humans work hard to nurture religion, economic progress, sense satisfaction, and spiritual knowledge, with the goal of extending their lives, gaining reputation, and enjoying material riches.
श्रीब्राह्मण उवाच
सन्ति मे गुरवो राजन् बहवो बुद्ध्युपाश्रिता: ।
यतो बुद्धिमुपादाय मुक्तोऽटामीह तान् शृणु ॥
Many spiritual gurus have protected me. I now travel the planet in a liberated state, having obtained transcendental wisdom from them. Pay attn as I explain them to you.
सन्ति मे गुरवो राजन् बहवो बुद्ध्युपाश्रिता: ।
यतो बुद्धिमुपादाय मुक्तोऽटामीह तान् शृणु ॥
Many spiritual gurus have protected me. I now travel the planet in a liberated state, having obtained transcendental wisdom from them. Pay attn as I explain them to you.
पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापोऽग्निश्चन्द्रमा रवि: ।
कपोतोऽजगर: सिन्धु: पतङ्गो मधुकृद् गज: ॥
मधुहाहरिणो मीन: पिङ्गला कुररोऽर्भक: ।
कुमारी शरकृत् सर्प ऊर्णनाभि: सुपेशकृत् ॥
एते मे गुरवो राजन् चतुर्विंशतिराश्रिता: ।
शिक्षा वृत्तिभिरेतेषामन्वशिक्षमिहात्मन: ॥
कपोतोऽजगर: सिन्धु: पतङ्गो मधुकृद् गज: ॥
मधुहाहरिणो मीन: पिङ्गला कुररोऽर्भक: ।
कुमारी शरकृत् सर्प ऊर्णनाभि: सुपेशकृत् ॥
एते मे गुरवो राजन् चतुर्विंशतिराश्रिता: ।
शिक्षा वृत्तिभिरेतेषामन्वशिक्षमिहात्मन: ॥
I. #BESTINVENTORYPR'S GUINESS BOOK RECORD
The #BestInventoryPR account was created by the #Pakistani Ramla Akhtar for hate speech against #French Bernard Grua, @BernardGrua from #Nantes and against his company @BestInventory. After three months and a half of frenetic activity &..
The #BestInventoryPR account was created by the #Pakistani Ramla Akhtar for hate speech against #French Bernard Grua, @BernardGrua from #Nantes and against his company @BestInventory. After three months and a half of frenetic activity &..
after 459 Tweets posted, #BestInventoryPR has just one follower, a Pakistani troll. The three other fake "follower" accounts belong to the radicalized
Pakistani stalker Ms Ramla Akhtar who created this scum account.
Pakistani stalker Ms Ramla Akhtar who created this scum account.
Such a complete disaster for a Twitter account was not foresinable because no normal person
could have anticipated such an excessive mad behavior. A true miracle! BestInventoryPR should be awarded as the biggest Twitter crap by the Guiness book of records.
could have anticipated such an excessive mad behavior. A true miracle! BestInventoryPR should be awarded as the biggest Twitter crap by the Guiness book of records.
Fake COVID-19 vaccination #certificates sold for Rs 5,500 on Telegram | Sep 16
- the black market for fake vaccine certificates has expanded globally, now selling certificates in 29 countries, including India, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.
dnaindia.com/su/gVwb
- the black market for fake vaccine certificates has expanded globally, now selling certificates in 29 countries, including India, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.
dnaindia.com/su/gVwb
Millionaire offers $1.2 M reward to anyone providing an isolated sample of the COVID-19 virus | 04/17/21
- “By proof, he means the isolation of the virus according to #Koch’s postulates. To date, no one has been able to win Eckert’s challenge,”
thebl.com/us-news/millio…
- “By proof, he means the isolation of the virus according to #Koch’s postulates. To date, no one has been able to win Eckert’s challenge,”
thebl.com/us-news/millio…
Since viruses are fictional make believe organisms, virologists have to invent a make believe full genome in the computer, which they call ‘in silico’, aka computer simulation, genome like this paper. researchgate.net/publication/34…
ELEPHANT DEATHS DUE TO ELECTROCUTION in July-Aug 2021
Aug 28: Badabhal Range, Odisha
Aug 23: Jerahalli Forest Range, TN
Aug 22: Dharamjaigarh Forest Division, Chhattisgarh
Aug 22: Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve , TN
Aug 21: Batabari Forest Range, Assam ( 2 Deaths)
Continued....
Aug 28: Badabhal Range, Odisha
Aug 23: Jerahalli Forest Range, TN
Aug 22: Dharamjaigarh Forest Division, Chhattisgarh
Aug 22: Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve , TN
Aug 21: Batabari Forest Range, Assam ( 2 Deaths)
Continued....
Aug 21: Jalpaiguri ,West Bengal
Aug 20 Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
Aug 15: Sosedhi , Ranchi , Jhark
Aug 12: Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka
Aug 12: Bitherkad Forest Range, TN
Aug 12: Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu
Aug 10: Jashipur District of Chhatisgarh
Continued..
Aug 20 Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
Aug 15: Sosedhi , Ranchi , Jhark
Aug 12: Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka
Aug 12: Bitherkad Forest Range, TN
Aug 12: Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu
Aug 10: Jashipur District of Chhatisgarh
Continued..
Aug 1: Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka
July 29: Kodagu, Karanataka ( Big Male Tusker)
July 24: Hindol Range Dhenaknal , Odisha
July 17: Keonjhar, Odisha ( 2 Deaths - Male& Female)
July 16: Chamarajanagar, Karnataka
July 8: Angul District, Odisha
Continued...
July 29: Kodagu, Karanataka ( Big Male Tusker)
July 24: Hindol Range Dhenaknal , Odisha
July 17: Keonjhar, Odisha ( 2 Deaths - Male& Female)
July 16: Chamarajanagar, Karnataka
July 8: Angul District, Odisha
Continued...
Look carefully. #Elephants are not crossing the road. Road is crossing the #forest. #WorldElephantDay
Do you know #elephant family is all women group. Made of #mother, #aunts, #grandmother & all other #ladies. Most of the times Male leave herd early. Kids are looked by all female elephants in herd, all are mothers. Grandmother makes all decision for the family.
Males keep on joining & leaving herds. Well one of the accepted theory is. That males when they get young are pushed out from the herd/family by dominant female, also called as matriarch. To check the inbreeding. Which only shows elephants are highly intelligent.
Weeks after a group of 15 wild Asian elephants embarked on a mysterious journey in SW China's Yunnan province, there still isn't a thread giving their latest update. In light of this, allow me to fill in the blank using the hashtag #followtheelephants
2) #followtheelephants A quick recap. The journey actually began in March 2020, when 16 wild Asian elephants left the XiShuangBanNa National Reserve and began their journey north. In July, the pack was observed in Pu'er City and caused 1 death in Simao district.
3) #followtheelephants In Dec. 2020, the pack moved north to Mojiang Co., and here the pack added a baby elephant. On April 16, 2021, the 17 elephants moved to Yuanjiang Co. On the 24th, 2 elephants turned South toward Mojiang Co.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE SITUATION- a thread🧵 Did you know that Canadian fossil fuel company ReconAfrica is trying to drill for oil in the sensitive Okavango watershed, upstream of the world-famous #OkavangoDelta ?
ReconAfrica is a Canadian-registered junior oil and gas company that wants to open up a huge, new sedimentary basin in Namibia and Botswana called the Kavango Basin. They have started exploratory drilling in the Kavango region in northeastern Namibia. MAP @NatGeo
ReconAfrica’s license areas, one in #Namibia and one in #Botswana, cover a total of 34,325 sq kms. These licensed areas lie over part of the Okavango River Basin and border the Okavango River, which together feed into the Okavango Delta. un.org/Depts/Cartogra…
Thread on why we have lodged an objection with Namibia's Environmental Commissioner regarding #ReconAfrica's planned 2D seismic surveys criss-crossing #elephant migration corridors across the Kavango regions of Namibia.
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-0…
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-0…
Our objection is coupled with a plea to employ the #precautionary principle to protect the largest cross-border #elephant herd from the harmful actions linked not only to seismic surveying but also from the ongoing exploratory #oil and #gas #drilling in #Namibia.
Seismic surveys help locate oil and gas reservoirs. It takes place by laying receptors called geophones along either a line (2D) or in a grid (3D) and detonating an explosive device, then recording the various soundwaves that are picked up by the geophones. Image: RBS
Do you know #elephant family is all women group. Made of #mother, #aunts, #grandmother & all other #ladies. Most of the times Male leave herd early. Kids are looked by all female elephants in herd, all are mothers. Grandmother makes all decision for the family. #Mothersday
Obvious that experienced matriarch should lead #elephant family. She has accumulated immense traits/wisdom due to her long life. Which comes handy in long journeys & dangers. Not true for all. In #Zebras pregnant lead the way as she needs more water. #Buffaloes decide mutually.
Males keep on joining & leaving herds. Well one of the accepted theory is. That males when they get young are pushed out from the herd/family by dominant female, also called as matriarch. To check the inbreeding. Which only shows elephants are highly intelligent.
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My piece in @MongabayIndia on relocation from #Wayanad #Wildlife Sanctuary based on my @MPhilCL @Cambridge_Uni research supervised by @EliaApos Ialso drew on my yrs of experience.Resettlement from #ProtectedAreas (PA) is contentious @csandbrook 1/22
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My piece in @MongabayIndia on relocation from #Wayanad #Wildlife Sanctuary based on my @MPhilCL @Cambridge_Uni research supervised by @EliaApos Ialso drew on my yrs of experience.Resettlement from #ProtectedAreas (PA) is contentious @csandbrook 1/22
bit.ly/3bjo3V7
& I discuss a largely ignored narrative:of people seeking support for relocation.Historically,resettlements have been poorly recorded; there have been evictions from PAs that have led to penury, isolation, further impoverishment, which I strongly condemn.There is NO room 2/22
for forced,induced,unjust resettlement. However,it is troubling that resettlement discourse has ignored the narrative of people voluntarily seeking to move out of PAs where they face immense hardship due to lack of access to education,healthcare, markets,roads,jobs,business
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List out the names that refer #Elephant in your language.
Keep scrolling the thread to read the long list of names that refers to Elephant in Thamizh தமிழ்
Male 🐘/ஆண் 🐘
1.யானை/ஏனை (கரியது)
2.வேழம் (வெள்ளை யானை)
3.களிறு
4.களபம்
5.மாதங்கம்
6.கைம்மா (துதிக்கையுடைய விலங்கு)...
Keep scrolling the thread to read the long list of names that refers to Elephant in Thamizh தமிழ்
Male 🐘/ஆண் 🐘
1.யானை/ஏனை (கரியது)
2.வேழம் (வெள்ளை யானை)
3.களிறு
4.களபம்
5.மாதங்கம்
6.கைம்மா (துதிக்கையுடைய விலங்கு)...
7.உம்பர்
8.உம்பல் (உயர்ந்தது)
9.அஞ்சனாவதி
10.அரசுவா
11.அல்லியன்
12.அறுபடை
13.ஆம்பல்
14.ஆனை
15.இபம்
16.இரதி
17.குஞ்சரம்
18.இருள்
19.தும்பு
20.வல்விலங்கு
21.தூங்கல்
22.தோல்
23.கறையடி (உரல் போன்ற பாதத்தை உடையது)
24.எறும்பி
25.பெருமா (பெரிய விலங்கு)...
8.உம்பல் (உயர்ந்தது)
9.அஞ்சனாவதி
10.அரசுவா
11.அல்லியன்
12.அறுபடை
13.ஆம்பல்
14.ஆனை
15.இபம்
16.இரதி
17.குஞ்சரம்
18.இருள்
19.தும்பு
20.வல்விலங்கு
21.தூங்கல்
22.தோல்
23.கறையடி (உரல் போன்ற பாதத்தை உடையது)
24.எறும்பி
25.பெருமா (பெரிய விலங்கு)...
26.வாரணம் (சங்கு போன்ற தலையை உடையது அல்லது புல்லை வாரிப்போடுவது)
27.புழைக்கை/பூட்கை (துளையுள்ள கையை உடையது)
28.ஒருத்தல்
29.ஓங்கல் (மலைபோன்றது)
30.நாக
31.பொங்கடி (பெரிய பாதத்தை உடையது)
32.கும்பி
33.தும்பி (துளையுள்ள கையை உடையது)
34.நால்வாய் (தொங்குகின்ற வாயை உடையது)
35.குஞ்சரம்..
27.புழைக்கை/பூட்கை (துளையுள்ள கையை உடையது)
28.ஒருத்தல்
29.ஓங்கல் (மலைபோன்றது)
30.நாக
31.பொங்கடி (பெரிய பாதத்தை உடையது)
32.கும்பி
33.தும்பி (துளையுள்ள கையை உடையது)
34.நால்வாய் (தொங்குகின்ற வாயை உடையது)
35.குஞ்சரம்..
#Elephant is our national heritage animal. They are represented as drawings, sculptures, paintings and in many other forms. They are closely related to our culture, art, religions & traditions. Have added some of my sketches themed on the unique features of Elephant. Add yours.
The matriarch culture found in the #elephants makes them even better than the most civilised human race.
The young ones are best cared by all the adults and sub adults in the #elephant family.
