Dede Sophie

Papua New Guinea’s Governor for New Ireland Province Sir Julius Chan has blamed the leaders for the current trend and behaviour of people to attack each other and the divides among others. Sir Julius highlighted this when  congratulating Prime Minister James Marape for his re-election during the first sitting of the 11th parliament yesterday (Tuesday 9th of August 2022). He says as elected leaders it’s their mandate to move out of these behaviours and carry the country forward. ”Mr Speaker our people are attacking each other, they are killing each other, our people divided as they have rarely been divided in the past and though I am ashamed to say it, there are those amongst us leaders, who have encouraged this behaviour and we must change that. ”We are sometimes the cause of it but don’t just live with it, we got to correct ourselves, leave those things behind.  ”Am not here to cast any blame on anyone, but it’s time to move beyond those behavi...

This endangered primate is an old world monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of India. They are found exclusively in the Western Ghats mountains of Southwestern India in the upper canopy of tropical evergreen and monsoon forests. Also known as wanderoos, they are known for their striking silver mane and lion-like tail tufts. They play an extremely important role in seed dispersal. By transporting fruit in their cheek pouches and consuming long distances from where they were gathered, they drop or defecate seeds far from the mother plant and contribute to the survival and propagation of many plant species in their environment. I am talking about the extremely social lion tailed macaque. One of the best places to see them up close in the wild is Puthuthottam estate , a hidden gem located in the buffer zone of the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve near Valparai in Tamil Nadu. I bring to you this wild photo series of the lion tailed macaque from inside Puthuthottam Estate. It is here that the lion t...