Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard C, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 10:38 AM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Hi Jayanand, > What big nasty fellows!! But I really like the photos!! > Howard > > > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:04:14 +0530 > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com <mailto:jayanand at > gmail.com>> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at > leica-users.org>>, > PSM > <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com <mailto:psm-1857 at > googlegroups.com>> > Subject: [Leica] Chambal Area > > > Before I went to Ranthambhore last month, I visited the Chambal River area > for the first time. Chambal, save for the last 30kms before it flows into > the Yamuna (which carries enough pollution from Delhi and Agra to kill all > humankind) is said to be the most pristine river system in India. > > This is the last redoubt of the fish eating crocodilian, the Gharial, for > which the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary has been set up, on a > stretch of river bordering three large states. Once common in the riverine > systems of North India, it is now estimated that only 300-800 remain in the > wild, thanks to the usual pollution, over fishing and entanglement in > fishing nets. They are among the largest crocodilians, males have been > known to reach 20 feet. On this stretch where both the Gharial and Mugger > Crocodiles are found, the Gharials did look much more massive to my eyes: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3822.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3822.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3767.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3767.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3570.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3570.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3868.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3868.jpg.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >