Well, when I wrote about the Grasshopper in the previous post, I never expected to meet a king sized Grasshopper so soon. Hell. I am talking about a Malayalam movie “Pachakuthira.” The movie was a complete waste of time and cruel to certain extend. Kamal really ‘directed’ it ?

If the mentally retarded boy was The director’s, Producer’s or hero’s son/daughter he will allow others to make fun of the ill fated creature in the same way as they picturized in the movie?

Details about the movie @ AMMA’s site

(AMMA stands for: “Association of Malayalam Movie Artists” )

Hurray I shot the Twig Insect aka The walking twig!

As a child used to see various amazing insects like this one during my stay at Wayanad, and during my vacation visits to Wayanad. Most the time they never reappeared, I wanted to take the photos of them so that I can see them afterwards … and now I got first one of the Gang. But what about that black spider with orange and white strips all over the body ? And what about the Gaint Grasshopper with its red legs ? (I had caught the creature and put it inside a big bottle for sometime and then released it at the same place where I found it – no harm was done to the creature other than terrifying it) May be I will get a chance to see them again.

Todo: Write an article in Wikipedia about this amazing creature.

And now this brings the memories of Wayanad, My home, The Place I like most ….

Few shots from Wayanad @ the new Flickr ^Gamma

Bigger version of The Twig insect :

The walking stick @ 1024×768

Hey check these amazing wild life photos and articles by Jayanth Sharma

Article on the Elephant migration to KabiniThe Annual Elephant Symposium

Report on trip backwaters of Kabini

Phographs from the Kabini trip

Elephant photographs

Sources:

www.wildlifetimes.com

www.jayanthsharma.com