First, the spotted deer approach the water alarm calling as they went and stamping the ground with their forelimbs. Gradually they have the courage to drink. Sambar then approach the water, drink and are then spooked by the alarm calls of the Spotted Deer. Interestingly, the Sambar never alarm called. Whilst all this went on a Cormorant sat serenely on a tree stump in the waterhole.
Sambar are large deer with a shaggy, dark brown coat and India’s largest deer reaching 1.6m at the shoulder and weighing up to 270kg for a male. They often feed in shallow water. Spotted deer (or Chital) are India’s most common deer. They are often found with Langur and act as a look out for the monkeys and feed on fruit and leaves that are dropped from the trees by the monkeys.
Kwanza, nyati wenye madoa hukaribia kengele ya maji wakipiga kelele huku wakipiga makofi chini kwa miguu yao ya mbele. Hatua kwa hatua wanapata ujasiri wa kunywa. Kisha Sambar hukaribia maji, kunywa na kisha kuogopeshwa na sauti za kengele za Mnyama mwenye Madoa. Jambo la kupendeza ni kwamba, Sambar hakuita kengele kamwe. Wakati wote huu uliendelea Cormorant ameketi serenely juu ya shina la mti katika maji. Sambar ni nyati kubwa na shaggy, rangi ya kahawia nyeusi, na India's kubwa deer kufikia 1.6m kwenye bega na uzito wa hadi 270kg kwa ajili ya kiume. Mara nyingi wao hula katika maji yasiyo na kina kirefu. Nyati wenye madoa (au Chital) ni nyati wa kawaida zaidi nchini India. Mara nyingi hupatikana pamoja na Langur na hufanya kazi kama kuangalia nje kwa nyani na kula matunda na majani ambayo huanguka kutoka kwa miti na nyani.