Manjula goes blogging...

It was a very dark night on Galathea Beach on Great Nicobar and I was out looking for nesting leatherbacks. As I approached the creek at the end of the beach, I switched on my flashlight. I had no intentions of stumbling into the creek. The forest guards had assured me that it was stocked with “salties” (affectionate term for saltwater crocodiles) - the “baddies” of the croc world! Suddenly, my flashlight caught two pairs of glinting eyes! HUGE salties judging from the size of the eyes and the gap between the eyes. I made sure there was enough distance between us. As I was processing all this, the two pairs of eyes rose from ground level to at least 2m off the ground and starting moving in my direction! uh-oh! monster crocs?? I will not admit to the emotions that passed briefly before the creatures took shape in my flashlight. I had to laugh……..just cows!! harmless cows!!