V S Sankar
13-06-2010, 10:54 AM
News spread about a Lion tailed macaque palying around with children near the Muthanga WLS in Wayanad district of Kerala.The animal has been around for a few days and the forest department came to know about it by then.
They informed the authorities in Trivandrum about the "Macaque" and a team of officials arrived at Muthanga to get a first hand information.Since they were only informed about a 'macaque' they were expecting to see a Hanuman Langur.
But lo and behold....What they saw was unbeievable.A beautiful female Lion tailed macaque which is seen only in the Silent Valley NP of Kerala.
How can it be around Muthanga and that also quite friendly and children too befriended it fast.
Anyway they captured the Lion tailed and started their journey to Trivandrum.On the route the officials realised that the animal is quite friendly and must have been living with some humans.
So far nobody has claimed the ownership(obviously as one is not supposed to keet it as a pet)
In any case the macaque is in a cage in the Trivandrum zoo!
The zoo authorities are very happy because they had 5 lion taileds with 2 females and 3 males.Now this friendly macaque has added to the gene pool of the zoo!
Regards
They informed the authorities in Trivandrum about the "Macaque" and a team of officials arrived at Muthanga to get a first hand information.Since they were only informed about a 'macaque' they were expecting to see a Hanuman Langur.
But lo and behold....What they saw was unbeievable.A beautiful female Lion tailed macaque which is seen only in the Silent Valley NP of Kerala.
How can it be around Muthanga and that also quite friendly and children too befriended it fast.
Anyway they captured the Lion tailed and started their journey to Trivandrum.On the route the officials realised that the animal is quite friendly and must have been living with some humans.
So far nobody has claimed the ownership(obviously as one is not supposed to keet it as a pet)
In any case the macaque is in a cage in the Trivandrum zoo!
The zoo authorities are very happy because they had 5 lion taileds with 2 females and 3 males.Now this friendly macaque has added to the gene pool of the zoo!
Regards