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08-16-2017, 07:22 AM( This post was last modified: 08-16-2017, 07:51 AM by Rishi )
(08-16-2017, 02:13 AM)Wolverine Wrote: Rishi, if I'm not in mistake you are from West Bengal, aren't you. Why local scientists don't push regional government to reintroduce water buffaloes in Sundarbans from Kaziranga? It will boost tiger population there for sure. Until 19th century there were a lot of wild buffaloes and rhinos there.
O, those citate is from old Italian adventure novel writhen a century ago, it's not a scientific text. Its just the most picturesque description of Sundarbans I have ever red.
The problem of Sundarbans is that they are threatened by Global warming because of their very low elevation. Its quite possible that with the rising of ocean levels one day after 30 or 40 years Sundarbans will be under water together with huge parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal... Only one meter rising of sea levels probably will be enough to destroy Sundarbans ecosystem.
Because their's was believed to have been a (largely) natural extinction. Closest relatives of the Sundarbans' buffalo are the local domesticated breed in Bangladesh, small animals with course reddish hair.