Personally speaking
Personally speaking
Mumbai’s zoo is not the best zoos in the world, but it does have a marvellous collection of trees. Last year, the zoo acquired some Penguins and after a brief visit to the penguins, Wow Dinga wanted to play on the equipment.
While waiting , we happened to look up and spied a tree full of bats .
Who do you think was more astonished ? Us, looking at the bats or the bats who were staring down at us ?
Linking this up with Parul’s #ThursdayTreeLove-37
A Batty Tree! An amazing sight. I think, the bats wouldn’t have noticed you guys, for they are nocturnal animals and sleep during the day! :)
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Oh yes ! Silly me . How could I forget the bats who fly at night ?
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Wow, that was batty indeed. As a kid, I used to love going to the zoo and look at all those animals (in Delhi, never been to the Mumbai one), but as I became older, I realized how pitiful and cruel the conditions are for the poor animals, so I stopped going.
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I quite agree with you about the zoo . It is sad to cage animals
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The bats are a bit frightening. The trees though–amazing.
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I would have been astonished-and scared. My son was bitten by a bat several years ago and had to have rabies shots. It was an ordeal for him. They are part of our environment but…
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Oh ! I’d have been scared too !
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“Bats who were staring down at us!!” That must have been creepy. Several trees that were home to Bats were cut down in Pune and I do feel sad for them.. I wonder where they must have gone now…
That’s a Baobab isn’t it? I visited Rani Chi Bag in Mumbai when I was a child and have faint memories .. I have to plan a mumbai visit just to see the trees in this garden…
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Yes that’s one of the few places in Mumbai where you will see the Baobab. And you must come to the spout really is a gorgeous Victorian Garden
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I remember having seen the eucalyptus trees, housing the colonies of bats near Mryutyunjayeshwar Temple, Kothrud Pune. Come evening and you would see them venturing out in intimidating numbers!
I used to get more than astonished on sighting them!
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Sounds scary!
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That is so fascinating. Must have been some sight. Thanks for sharing. Never seen such a tree.
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I think the tree was a regular Indian Rain Tree . It just had a whole pile of bats hanging downwards
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Oh! where did my comment go?
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Sorry was too busy to read last night
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Wow ! what a beautiful sight of the bats on the tree… never seen anything like this in my life, am also afraid of bats and I wonder how you could click this pic….
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They sleep during the day! So even though I’m scared of them I could click
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