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Any visitor to Forest Zoo at Port Blair, Andaman gets automatically attracted to monkeys’ enclosure. Highly agile, playful and noisy primates keep the visitors spell bound. A bit dull during hot noon hours, about two dozen macaques display acrobatic feats and skill of combining physical activity with nursing the young baboons. With every ounce of body fortified with energy and vitality, they keep testing the strength of the chain link fencing and timber planks utilized for their… Continue

Have you heard of the “thermometer bird”? Which is the bird on whom an island is named in Nicobar (India) District? Which avi-fauna is typical example of endemism? Which group of birds do not take part in incubation? Do you know of birds who lay egg almost 1/6th of its body weight?



The answer to this “biological quiz” is then famous Nicobar Megapode. This wonder mound builder has a sub-species, Megapodius nicobariensis abbotti. While the former sub-species inhabits the islands north… Continue

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are endowed with rich biodiversity of fauna and flora. Andaman Padauk, magnificent Gurjan, ornamental marble wood and chooi add glamour to the forest. Narcondum hornbill, Nicobar megapode, crab eating macaque, robber crab and several other birds and reptiles lend life and glory to the habitat in which they live happily. Bay waters have five types of turtles including the giant leather back turtles including giant leather back turtles, the largest in the world.… Continue