Recently I visited IIT Chennai with my friends for Exebit 2012. The campus is huge.
According to Prakriti (Wildlife Club of IIT Chennai), the campus was carved out of a natural forest that formed part of the Guindy National Park. The Guindy National Park and IIT Campus come under Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest type - the least common vegetation type seen in India. The campus can be considered as an ideal example for the co-existence various types of mini - ecosystems. These are open grasslands, wetlands, thick forest patches and patches of scrub jungle. The main inhabitants of these ecosystems are the blackbuck, spotted deer, jackals, mongoose, monkeys, squirrels, toddy cats, wild cats, various types of reptiles, a plethora of insects including about 40 different species of butterflies and about 100 species of birds. IITM campus also hosts large groups of migratory birds and butterflies every year.
Me and my friends had some interesting incidents with the monkeys in the campus! A monkey came and grabbed an empty pizza box from my hand. It was scary.
My friend was holding a water bottle when suddenly a monkey showed up and started walking towards her. He grabbed the water bottle from her hand, walked some distance away, opened the bottle cap and was drinking water from it LIKE A BOSS ! [See here]
Some pictures that I took:
According to Prakriti (Wildlife Club of IIT Chennai), the campus was carved out of a natural forest that formed part of the Guindy National Park. The Guindy National Park and IIT Campus come under Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest type - the least common vegetation type seen in India. The campus can be considered as an ideal example for the co-existence various types of mini - ecosystems. These are open grasslands, wetlands, thick forest patches and patches of scrub jungle. The main inhabitants of these ecosystems are the blackbuck, spotted deer, jackals, mongoose, monkeys, squirrels, toddy cats, wild cats, various types of reptiles, a plethora of insects including about 40 different species of butterflies and about 100 species of birds. IITM campus also hosts large groups of migratory birds and butterflies every year.
Me and my friends had some interesting incidents with the monkeys in the campus! A monkey came and grabbed an empty pizza box from my hand. It was scary.
My friend was holding a water bottle when suddenly a monkey showed up and started walking towards her. He grabbed the water bottle from her hand, walked some distance away, opened the bottle cap and was drinking water from it LIKE A BOSS ! [See here]
Some pictures that I took:
