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Boselaphus tragocamelus
Asia's largest antelope. The skin colour of the adult male is distinctly blue which gives the the name Nilgai (Neel = Blue and Gai = cows). The female is the more familiar fawn colour.
We saw this one in the Little Rann of Kutch grazing on scrub vegetation.
This species often ventures onto the highway and meets with fatal accidents...even we had a close encounter with one but were lucky to have spotted it early. In the dusk the colour of the male's coat makes it difficult to spot. We saw a dead female on the road...obviously hit by traffic...made us so sad.
Spotted on Dec 28, 2014
Submitted on Dec 28, 2014
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Hema, All the best for a Gujarat trip...it is your home state, right? It is BEAUTIFUL.
I am glad you had a great vacation!! One day maybe!
Gujarat is gorgeous...the pink flamingoes and the blue sea (sky too) ....stuff of poems...just carry a H-U-G-E lens you will get spectacular photo ops. I promise.
Can see the blue tinge,true to it's name!!
I have to see so much of Gujurat yet!