Well, the rainy season has arrived in Tamil Nadu. I had always thought that the whole of India had the monsoon earlier in the year but I should have delved into the matter a little deeper. I was told by a resident that it tends to be rainy from now until the middle of December. The upside of this is that the temperature has dropped from a sweltering 32C during the day to a balmy 26C. However it does mean that I have to sprint from building to building to try and get wet as little as possible.
With the drop in temperatures the crocs seem to spend much less time in the water, they are trying to keep as warm as possible.
With the arrival of the rain a small shelter had to be built to house some of the baby reptiles. The babies are kept in bath tubs which are covered at night in case of rain. The covers are moved during the day in order to clean the tub and feed the animals. So when it rains during the day there is a problem. Thus the shelter was built to allow us to reach the young reptiles whilst keep the rain out of the bath tubs.
I am now involved with monitoring Croc Bank's newly acquired 3 yellow anacondas and 2 green anacondas. All of them are babies and very small. I note down if they have fed and shed skin, or any other occurences. I have only just begun recording but it has been almost two weeks that they have been here so the notes are a little irregular.
My knowledge of Tamil (the local language) is minimal, but infinitely better than when I arrived. Unsurprisingly I know Tamil for crocodile, snake and tortoise/ turtle.
Unfortunately I haven't really had time to take any pictures. I will make sure I take lots between now and my next blog.