Thursday, October 20, 2011

Wildlife Photography: Muscular Gaur at Pudhuthotam Tea Estate, Valparai, Tamil Nadu, India

Vegetarianism rocks!! This is not a motherhood statement that I am just saying, but am backing it up with some solid evidence. Most of the largest animals on land, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the Gaur, the Water Buffalo are all vegetarians.

A close-up of the mean looking male gaur at Valparai 
Not only are they very strong, but some of them are more muscular than may be Mr.Universe Smile. For example, check out the rippling muscles in this adult male gaur, which as per my estimate, should weigh more than 2 tonnes and all that in solid muscle.

Adult Male Gaur in B&W 
And for all you meat-lovers, I will share the photo of the stealthy tiger soon Open-mouthed smile

22 comments:

  1. teamgsquareOctober 21, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Masculine and strong .

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  2. Aravind GJOctober 21, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    Wow!! Looks hefty!!!!

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  3. Santosh bsOctober 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    hulk... massive

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  4. Rniranjan_dasOctober 21, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Muscular.. Wow.

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  5. sam @ goa carnivalOctober 21, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    Nice Info!!!!
    Good sharing about big animals.

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  6. PN SubramanianOctober 21, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    Gaur is really a majestic animal. In this picture the horns are very beautiful.

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  7. Indrani GhOctober 23, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Wow! Superb capture!

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  8. JoshOctober 25, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    YOu're lucky because you got a chance to take picture of this Wild Animal..

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  9. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    Indeed! :-)

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  10. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    Yup! Close to 3 tonnes :-D

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  11. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    Right on bud! Imagine if it came chasing at you :-)

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  12. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    Very much a 'WOW!

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  13. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    Happy to help as always!

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  14. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    Thank you PNS! This one was quite a handsome guy!

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  15. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    Thank you Indrani!

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  16. Sankara Subramanian COctober 25, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    I know. I was very lucky indeed!

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  17. NeerajOctober 26, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    What a beauty!  It looks so intimidating... 

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  18. Sankara Subramanian COctober 26, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Agree on all counts :-)

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  19. Andrew Graeme GouldNovember 4, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    That certainly is a solid looking animal! Nice shot.

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  20. Anu ShankarNovember 5, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    wow! lovely pic! what an impressive fellow he is! we saw one at Bhadra and he was just the same, except that i couldnt manage a photo 

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  21. Sankara Subramanian CNovember 10, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    Thank you Andrew!

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  22. Sankara Subramanian CNovember 10, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    Thank you Anu! Yes, these gaurs are really fantastic. The males gleam with rippling muscles :-D

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