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Did we do it?? Did we do it? Did we do it? I cried all day and night Chose him for his puffy feathers and stiff tie black and bright; Together we snuggled our eggs warm and tight Laid you on the ground while we watched over you on flight; Stashing on the ground scrape did shield you from predator Never guessed you will be ruined for rainwater; Fringed your beauty by embellishing with pebbles and droppings I’m tear down to hear those raindrops mocking; Every drop of water fell called out for vengeance What matters now is my chicks’ emergence; Held his arms straight and asked him, ‘Did we do it’? Failing to the thunderstorm he said, ‘Sorry honey we couldn’t do it’. -          Sangeetha Michahial Summary :  This is the song of a female lapwing bird crying while she and her male partner tries to protect her eggs being ruined by the rainwater.     Lapwing  is a bird which makes calls both during day time and night. The call of the lapwing resembles to

Hi all viewers. What's around us wishes you very happy Eid (Ramzaan festival).. Eid Mubarak...  India is a country where all religions are accepted. We celebrate all festivals irrespective of the region, caste etc. As I was cherishing the Eid feast today afternoon I realised that though we are of different castes our ingredients of cooking is the same. Style of cooking, taste and other minor changes are only noticed. While I was enjoying the Eid sweet sevai, (sweet made of vermicelli, evaporated milk, sugar, coconut and dry fruits) the grated coconut was giving me a great crunch on every time I chewed it. It tastes like heaven especially with grated coconut.  My mom used to fine chop coconuts and dry roast it before adding them to my favourite payasams (South Indian sweet made of lentils, jaggery, coconut milk and some nuts). I too use coconuts for making sweet dishes. Not just for sweets coconuts go well with all of the Indian food. We south Prefer to use Sambhar made of c

" No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." "Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope renewal, and new life." Happy Easter to all my viewers. I hope you are all doing good on these quarantine days. Wish to get those days back where we lived carefree, without mask or gloves or fear of social contact. Let this Easter bring us a new hope as we fight against the Covid-19. So let's enjoy this Resurrection day by having a look around the serpents residing in the Snake park, Chennai, India.  I have visited Chennai many times but this visit was not just a family get together. I visited the place where I was longing to go since long time. It's nothing but Snake park in Chennai. I was in a dilemma, whether to visit crocodile park or snake park..and finally landed up to snake park which didn't restrict by housing snakes alone but crocs too.  Chennai snake park is located in Guindy National park. This is India's first reptile park measu

Hi all, welcome to What's around us. It's been a very long time after I posted my previous article. Quite busy with my work and find very less time for blogging. Well, I will be playing hide seek like this at times 😜 okie.. jokes apart. During my childhood hide and seek game used to be my favourite. But I used to get caught soon because of my jingling tingling anklets which I used to wear it then. Girls without anklets were not likely to get caught. Simple funda isn't it.   Yes. This simple funda saves the lives of many organisms in this world. Animals try to keep themselves being unnoticed in order to not get caught from their predators. In this funda of escapism from predators, hide and seek is also one. In technical term, it is referred to as camouflage. Let's see how an organism tries to hide from danger or predator. Camouflage is a process where animals blend with their surroundings to escape from their predators. It is seen in case of molluscs, insects,