Rajesh Sanap
@RajeshVS87
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Researcher; Arachnologist; Naturalist; Biodiversity; Wildlifephotogrpher
मुंबई, भारत
Joined September 2017
In an unfortunate incident, the GPS-tagged vulture that had travelled 4000 km from Tadoba sanctuary in Maharashtra to Tamilnadu died of electrocution while trying to cross an electric wire near Thirumayam Range, Arimalam Thanjur village, in Pudukottai Division in Tamil Nadu.
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Why Spider’s Are important ? Full video - https://t.co/mYTN1mkiGz
@RajeshVS87 @ranjeetnature @tweetsvirat @TamhiniGhat @SloganMurugan @singh_sonu @nivedita_Him
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What a sad sight! This imported cheetah, made a hapless pawn in a pointless vanity game, reminds us that nature cannot be browbeaten into obeying the whimsies of even the most powerful men. Real conservation means working with nature. And working with nature needs humility.
The #cheetah has escaped from #Kuno National Park and is hunting stray dogs on the streets of #Sheopur. Doesn't Kuno have a sufficient prey base for the cheetah? After being in captivity for a long time, the cheetah is failing to hunt in the open jungle #Cheetah is in danger
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#India knew it did not have space for the #cheetah, we define its habitat #grasslands as #wastelands. Everytime a poor cheetah ventures out of its glorified zoo #Kuno NP, it is tranquilized & brought back. And now it is roaming the streets of a human dense urban area. Is this
The #cheetah has escaped from #Kuno National Park and is hunting stray dogs on the streets of #Sheopur. Doesn't Kuno have a sufficient prey base for the cheetah? After being in captivity for a long time, the cheetah is failing to hunt in the open jungle #Cheetah is in danger
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🧵 The 2023 @ForestSurvey (FSI) registers a marginal increase in #India’s #forest cover by 156 km², a deceitful inflation that hides an inconvenient truth of colossal loss of natural #forests as an analysis by #PrakritiSrivastava @krithika_1193 & myself shows. Besides, the
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Wildlife Researcher @RajeshVS87 spotted these stunning birds at Aarey Forest (Aarey Milk Colony) during his 15-minute evening walk: 1st row: 1. Coppersmith Barbet 2. Hoopoe 3. Warbler 4. Jungle Babbler 2nd row: 5. Indian Paradise Flycatcher 6. Black-rumped
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Thank you @mid_day and @ranjeetnature for highlighting the winter visitors in Mumbai.
Greater and Lesser flamingos, commonly known as the "pink visitors," were spotted at the holding pond near the Bhandup pumping station, within the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary. VC/PC: Wildlife Researcher Rajesh Sanap and Mahesh Yadav By: @ranjeetnature
#flamingos #thane
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Tiger safari season starts next month, so here's a pro-tip from the safari celeb herself! Cartoon from my book Sea Ice Now You Don't, out now in bookstores and on Amazon : https://t.co/00mgExhgOD
#tigers #cartoons #butterflies #insects #nature #wildlife #greenhumour
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Spectacular!
Arachnid Architects! - This was one of a diverse array of spider burrows that we found last week, out at Helena and Aurora Range. I don't think I've ever seen such a spectacular burrowing spider assemblage.
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🌿 Understanding Energy Flow in Ecosystems 🌿 This infographic from National Geographic illustrates how energy moves through an ecosystem and the intricate relationships that sustain life on Earth.
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Our lab is looking to recruit a PhD student in Jan 2025. If you are interested in doing PhD in Evolutionary Biology with us, please get in touch. More details of our research and the application are here:
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Our research focuses on one of the overarching questions in ecology and evolutionary biology: "What generates and maintains biodiversity?” Tropical forests are storehouses of biodiversity and offer...
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An #Elephant killed after being hit by speeding train in #Assam and the only response from #indianrailways is no trains were delayed ! Surely we can do better with our linear infrastructure?
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According to the eyewitnesses, the tusker sustained grievous injuries after being hit by the train and it tried to walk but fell near the tracks and breathed its last in a few minutes
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A camera trap in the Rangdum area of Kargil district captured a Central Asian lynx at 4,154 m above sea level, confirming its presence in the Western part of Ladakh, though the population remains scarce. @ShriShailesh reports. https://t.co/R2XRuTAibW
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The first photographic evidence of Central Asian lynx is recorded in Ladakh’s Kargil district. The medium-sized wild cat, until now, was recorded only in the Leh district of the Union Territory. The...
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AJT Johnsingh, the man who taught me—and literally hundreds of others—so much about wildlife and nature, is no more. I will miss him.
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Birds and beasts #goldenjackal
#mumbai #mumbaimangroves #canids #wcip #grassland #wildindia #mangrove #mumbainews @wcip_in
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The El Niño is said to be waning, but it is not done yet. Sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean are continuing to soar, and our coral reefs in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep remain in serious danger. (animation based on NOAA ¼ degree daily OISST data)
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Pallas’s Cat After many years of trying finally I got to spend some days with this beautiful cat species in Ladakh during August 2022. Check this article by Radhika Raj @radhikarraj here - https://t.co/YlKMRzwlMc Also check the film here- https://t.co/jkGjBlHepc
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A protected spider! Macrothele calpeiana - the Gibraltar funnel-web spider or Spanish funnel-web spider, is one of the largest spiders in Europe. A stunning spider with very long spinnerets #FincaLaDonaria #Spain #spiders
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Brush up your #leopard sub-species, this #WorldLeopardDay ! Prints and merchandise on https://t.co/W9gopzC1e3 , shipped worldwide #leopards #bigcats #greenhumour #wildlife #cats
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