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Bhunte: The baby elephant

An illustrated story of an elephant calf

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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 →

Ganesha, Bhunte and a road kill!

Like every year,  this year, too, Bhunte could smell some aromatic fragrances and fruits across the forest. Villagers were busy bringing in the Lord of prosperity, wealth, wisdom, and happiness- Ganesha- an elephant-headed God to their homes. They have that... Continue Reading →

Of being in “musth”

Bhunte met Maila after many months near the water hole. Maila was restless and moving around sniffing the air. Maila was in his 15th years when he left his herd. Bhunte never understood why he left. Bhunte gently approached Maila... Continue Reading →

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