Look like gaur and behave like cattle. Mithun are a sign of prestige and wealth and owned by families here. They are given by the groom in marriage to the bride's family.
A status symbol. Rather endearing looking, and product huge gignormous pile of poop.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
A Peregrine and Woodpeckers - a nice start for my birding year
Jan 1st Ebird list with Vismaya, the peregrine. E-bird list with the Flamebacks I have not been birding much this last fortnight of Decembe...
-
9th August 2014. 9 kms the board said, to Sarnath, but it was a bit more than that. It is 11 am and my buddies are still not ready. ...
-
On our recent visit to the Sundarbans, we saw several of these large crocodiles basking in the sun, including some baby ones. I marvelled a...
wow..mithun, good to know abt it. nice pics.
ReplyDelete