Top most interesting animals1. Elephant (hands down the coolest animal and most revered in India. They are considered divine beings. Riding one is definitely an out of this world experience).
2. Camel (you don't see people riding camels everyday down the road like its a normal form of transportation. These long legged humped creatures lolligag along the roads looking serene as their owners stare on with discomfort. Riding a camel wasn't the most comfortable form of transportation, but it was interesting).
3. Chameleon (My first time spotting this mysterious color changing creature was on my hiking trail when I saw its bright orange coating start to transform like transformers into a dark grey, matching the landscape it was sunbathing on).
4. Water Buffalo (These lumbering animals take daily swims in the less than sanitary lakes surrounding the city and our university. I've never seen so many buffalo in one place. It's like they are having a pool party, which I am surely not invited to).
5. Pinstriped Squirrels (Although we have squirrels in America, there is something truly astounding about these black striped critters that seem to test their boundaries. We actually have a mini farm in our bathroom at the hostel. In the windowsill is a family of squirrels who have built their nest out of odd tidbits and go back and forth to scourage the grounds for food. There is- I am assuming- a mother, father, and three baby squirrels).
There are of course a plethora of other wildlife surrounding me like the seven legged spider I saw crawling in the laundry room the other day, the huge beetle that fell from my lamp, the squirmy squiggly lizards that plague the bathrooms, and the one animal I would love to see at least once, Peacock; official bird of India.
I hear that peacocks come out early in the morning and late evenings, so maybe one of these days I will go for an early morning jog so that I can site these beautifully adorned birds.
*Balu in hindi means bear
*Sher - means lion
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