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Weddings
30 January 2016
1.
NINSIIMA KAILYN
,
daughter of Muhereza
Mark & Birungi Rachael
Mwenge T.E.
6 July 2015
2.
AdhIrAj
, son of
Gurdeep & Sumeet Singh
Pertabghur T.E.
25 July 2015
1. Noredah Kyohangirwe of Ankole T.E wed Silver
Mugisha on 22 August 2015
2. Katsigaire Nicholas of Bugambe T.E wed Ampumuza
Charity on 2 May 2015
Births
1
2
1
2
O
n the night of 9 September 2015, an Indian
Pangolin (Manis Crassicaudatus) was found
nosing around the hospital perimeter at
Central Dooars T.E. Before it came to any harm, the
creature was handed over to the Forest Guards at the
neighbouring Bhutri Beat office, who later released
it in the Buxa Dooars Reserve Forest.
The pangolin is the only mammal with large keratin
scales covering its skin. When attacked, it rolls into
a ball, and its scales coupled with its muscular power
makes it impossible for a predator to unroll it. The
long tail can be used as a weapon to lash out at
predators, but in females, it also doubles up as a baby
carriage!
The pangolin spends the daylight hours in its burrow
which may be as deep as six metres underground,
reached through a long tunnel, and goes foraging for
various kinds of ants and termites at night. It tears
open the termites’ nest with its powerful claws,
thrusts its long tongue into the passage, then
withdraws it with the little creatures adhering to the
saliva on the tongue.
The Indian Pangolin is on the list of endangered
species, but we know of at least one of them who is
now safely roaming around the Buxa Dooars Reserve
Forest!
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