{"id":4593,"date":"2020-04-24T16:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2025-01-07T18:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:55:22","slug":"indian-big-five-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/indian-big-five-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Big 5 of Indian Safari ? | India Big 5 Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4593\" class=\"elementor elementor-4593\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c4d80e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60c4d80e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f78f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21f78f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Every wildlife hotspots have their own set of animals which are significantly important as a game drive. And when it comes to game drives, the first thing that comes to mind is African game reserves and their Big 5. This concept originated from the African hunting grounds and meant five animals that were difficult to hunt. These were the Big 5:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>African Lion<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>African Leopard<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Cape Buffalo<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Rhinoceros<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>African Elephant<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly us in India we have our <strong>Big 5 <\/strong>and also the<strong> Big 5 plus one<\/strong>, making them<strong> &#8216;Big Hero 6<\/strong>&#8216; of Indian Jungles.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Royal Bengal Tiger<\/li>\n\n<li>Indian Leopard<\/li>\n\n<li>Indian Gaur<\/li>\n\n<li>Greater One Horned Rhinoceros<\/li>\n\n<li>Asian Elephant<\/li>\n\n<li>Sloth Bear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Before taking you visiting the Big 5 of Central India, we would also like to bring to your attention the existence of healthy rhino (<strong>Greater One Horned Rhinoceros<\/strong>) population in North Eastern India. To see rhinos in wild, it is a must to visit places in Assam such as Kaziranga National Park, Manas National Park, Nameri Tiger Reserve and then there is\u00a0Chitwan in Nepal.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" class=\"wp-image-4614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-1024x762.webp\" alt=\"Greater One Horned Rhinoceros\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-1024x762.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-300x223.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-768x571.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-1536x1143.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-2048x1523.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-403x300.webp 403w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4076-160x120.webp 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Big 5 of Central India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ROYAL BENGAL TIGER (Panthera tigris tigris)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-4596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Tiger Safari in India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3191-120x80.webp 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Not just India, but Bangladesh also admires the grace, strength and beauty of the Royal Bengal Tiger by embracing it as their National Animal.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Being the biggest member of feline family, they have \u00a0powerful and stout bodies that justifies their enormous power. This magnificent cat was built as a hunting machine. With great efficiency, stealth and power, this is the worlds most beautiful killer. They can drag their prey, even heavier than their own body weight, miles away. As tigers ambush to hunt the prey, they prefer flat and low lands which increases their success rate of hunting. Generally solitary animals, they can be seen in a groups when it&#8217;s a mother with her cubs or in a pair during courtship and mating time.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-4611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9669-683x1024.webp\" alt=\"Tiger Safari in India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9669-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9669-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9669-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9669-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9669-1365x2048.webp 1365w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9669.webp 1423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Tigers are highly territorial and will defend it aggressively. Any other tiger from outside the territory that trespasses is challenged and the fights can be fatal. They mark their territory with scent.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Actually, no two tigers look alike, they have different patterns of stripes on the body which are as unique as human fingerprints. The saliva of tigers just like all other mammals, have antiseptic properties which stops the blood flow and heals the wound.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The white spot on the back of each ear of the tiger are called <strong><em>&#8216;predator spots&#8217; <\/em><\/strong>or <strong>&#8216;guiding spots&#8217;<\/strong> for the cubs to follow the mother through the foliage, and they also resemble a pair of eyes behind their head which discourages the attackers to attack from behind.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The tiger&#8217;s upper canines are the largest of all the big cats. To conserve this magnificent beast, Government of India launched <strong>&#8216;<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/project-tiger-in-india\/\">Project Tiger<\/a>&#8216; in 1973 <\/strong>which helped to ensuring a viable population of Royal Bengal Tigers in their natural habitats.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best places to see Tigers:<\/strong> <em><strong>Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Tadoba, Pench\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Ranthambore<\/strong> <\/em>are considered as the best National Parks for Tiger sightings.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INDIAN LEOPARD (Panthera pardus fusca)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-4598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Indian leopard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-2048x1366.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3327-120x80.webp 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Solitary, elusive and nocturnal feline member, Indian leopard is smaller than other members of the big cat family. With the specialized paws, specially to get a good grip on the tree, they are skilled climbers.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The Leopard is also the most adaptable big cat with regards to climate and region, it has the widest range of habitats in India. Not only they can drag a carcass which is twice of their own body weight, but also can climb the tree with it.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Individual leopards are identified on the basis of patterns of rosettes on their body which is unique to each and these rosettes on Indian leopards are largest when compared to other leopards in the world.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best places to see Leopards:<\/strong> <strong>Tadoba, Pench, Satpura, Panna, Jhalana, Bera, Nagarhole &amp; Bandipur <\/strong>are considered as the best National Parks and wildlife sanctuaries for Leopard sightings.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GAUR (Bos gaurus)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-4599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Indian Gaur\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6894-120x80.webp 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/bison-gaur-of-central-india\/\"><strong>Indian Gaur<\/strong><\/a> which is often misnamed for Bison is a native species to India and Nepal and is the state animal of Goa. It is the largest bovine (species of cattle family) having stout body, upwardly turned horns, a massive ridge running across the spine and white &#8216;stockings&#8217; like colouration on the legs.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Generally, Gaurs are diurnal, but if their habitat is vigorously intervened by humans, they can adapt a nocturnal life.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Gaurs, the social animals, live in herds, having one dominant male and females whilist they predominantly live in matriarchate, which means that the entire group is led by female. While it&#8217;s a dry season, they tend to live in smaller groups on lower altitudes and during monsoon, they live in larger groups and move to hilly areas.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best places to see Gaur: Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Tadoba, Satpura &amp; Pench<\/strong> are considered as the best National Parks for Gaur sightings.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ASIAN ELEPHANT (Elephas maximus)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-4600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"Asian Elephant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-2048x1536.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3639-160x120.webp 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Central Indian provence used to serve as a good corridor for elephants but they never resided here. Elephants infamously have specific requirements when it comes to habitat. A forest needs to have ample amount of water, and the forest itself needs to be a moist deciduous or evergreen one.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, to everyone&#8217;s utter surprise, a herd of elephants from Orissa came to Bandhavgarh and settled in. Today, there are more than 40 individuals in that herd at Bandhavgarh with couple of newborns.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This natural relocation of elephants is a sign that the forests here are flourishing and all damage that was done previously is being undone.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Considering territorial mammals, elephants have largest volume of cortex available for cognitive processing. And the largest brain, thus they signify a wide variety of behaviours related to high intelligence including compassion, grief, mimicry, use of tools, self-awareness and altruism<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-4613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3348-683x1024.webp\" alt=\"Asian Elephant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3348-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3348-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3348-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3348-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3348-1365x2048.webp 1365w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3348-scaled.webp 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">A trunk of an elephant is bascially a long nose which performs many functions like smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking, and grabbing things, especially a potential meal.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Even today, <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/facts-about-elephants\/\"><strong>Asian elephants<\/strong><\/a> are being poached for their tusks, meat and skin. They\u2019re also taken from the wild for the live elephant trade \u2013 primarily going to Thailand for the tourism industry which has caused decline in the population of elephants in India along with the habitat destruction and loss of corridors.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In 1992, <strong>Project Elephant <\/strong>was launched by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to provide financial and technical support to wildlife management efforts by states for their free-ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.<br \/>Today even though Bandhavgarh is not known to hold large populations of elephants, but our folks at Bandhavgarh embrace the presence of these gentle giants.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best places to see Asian Elephants:<\/strong> Nagarhole, Bandipur, Mudhumalai, Periyar-Thekadi, Jim Corbett\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Kaziranga\u00a0are some of the many places where a strong population of Elephants reside.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INDIAN SLOTH BEAR (Melursus ursinus)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-4616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Indian Sloth Bear\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5623-1-120x80.webp 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Sloth bear, a nocturnal creature, is also known as <strong>&#8216;Labiated bear&#8217; <\/strong>because of it&#8217;s long lower lip and palate . This medium-sized bear is native to Indian subcontinents.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The name is usually misinterpreted as &#8216;slow hence sloth&#8217;. Actually, when its skeleton was first discovered, the structure of the claws resembled &#8216;American Tree Sloth&#8217; \u00a0hence the name <strong>Sloth bear<\/strong>. Sloth bears are true bears and have a number of unique adaptations to support their primarily insectivorous lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-4618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Indian Sloth Bear\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6908-120x80.webp 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">They do not have upper incisors, which allows their long tongue to slip through and suck up insects. This allows them to use their lower incisors to scrape away bark from trees to get at the insects below.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The infants stay in their den until they are about 2 or 3 months old and will have free taxi service\/piggybacking on their mother\u2019s back until about 2 years of age!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Sloth bears sleep in caves, but <strong>they don\u2019t hibernate (winter sleep)<\/strong> and their habitat being warm and streamy jungles, there\u2019s no need for a long, winter nap.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best places to see Sloth Bears: Satpura, Tadoba, Daroji, Panna &amp; Hampi <\/strong>are some of the best places to see Sloth bears.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, these wild beauties have hold on the \u00a0beauty of the parks in Central India and witnessing them in their own country is a must. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit our lodges in Central India&#8217;s Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Satpura and Panna to watch the fascinating Big 5 romp in our jungles. 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