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Bhunte: The baby elephant

An illustrated story of an elephant calf

Author

Sanjeeta Hridayaninadini

I am an elephant biologist wandering in the wild to understand what elephants feel. I believe that empathy can cure any pain. I am on this path of finding myself. Besides research, I write poems (http://sanjeetapokharel.blogspot.com/) and draw cartoons (https://bhuntelephant.wordpress.com/).

Bhunte and the garbage!

After a day-long walk near the forest, Bhunte's herd reached the edge. While his herd was marching forth, Bhunte saw something weird and catchy. He stretched his trunk and walked towards it. He found something slippery, smelly and filthy. A... Continue Reading →

Bhunte in The Science Times

Bhunte and SSP got featured in The Science Times. Both of them want to thank- Dr. Awanti Sambarey Pandit for being the trumpet to Bhunte and many of him in the forests. This post will lead you to her article in... Continue Reading →

Unusual Relatives and Bhunte

Bhunte's recent self-discovery journey was worth the effort. However, his grandmother shared an unusual and intriguing fact with him today. She revealed that Dugongs, Manatees, Hyraxes, and Elephants all share a common ancestor! Bhunte was initially perplexed by this news.... Continue Reading →

Bhunte meets Gobre

Bhunte was in haste. He wanted to empty his bowel. With great relief, he defecated and was about to move away from his place- he saw something captivating. A tiny black insect was rolling a small ball out of his... Continue Reading →

Bhunte’s ancestors

After being exhausted playing with his trunk, Bhunte cuddled with his grandmom and asked her- "Grandmom, how were we before? We had this trunk?" Grandmom pulled him closer and told "It took millions of years for you and other elephants... Continue Reading →

Bhunte’s vision

While heading back from the water-hole, Bhunte almost crushed Mr. Caterpillar. Unlike his strong ability to smell, Bhunte has a very poor eyesight. His vision is peripheral, where he can see the side views (not at the back and cannot... Continue Reading →

Bhunte will never meet Baako!

Bhunte is very upset today. One of his African friends- Baako- was hunted down by some bunch of humans- for 'fun'. Bhunte always wanted to meet Baako and had a great plan. Baako was just three years old. Baako's mother, too,... Continue Reading →

Meeting Chantu: A Ganges River Dolphin

It was a mid-day. Bhunte's herd was near the river bank. Everyone in the herd was lazily grazing. They were scrapping out the grasses with their front foot and smashing the grasses on another front foot to get rid of... Continue Reading →

Abduction and Bhunte

Well, these days- Bhunte only shares sad and frightening stories. Somewhere on the edge of forests, humans have now started kidnapping the calves. The news got spread like the wild fire. Everyone was worried about their little-trunked folks in their... Continue Reading →

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