This is the beautiful animal which is widely shows in the gir forest and some time this creature reach to villages near the forest to finding of meal.
and they eat the crops which are hardly grown by the farmers ....
The Blue Bull Found...
They prefer arid areas, grassy steppe woodlands, scrub areas, dry deciduous forests and agricultural areas. They avoid dense forest and deserts.
Nilgai is a social animal. Generally, they found in small herbs of 4 to 20, sometime found in large groups of 20 to 100 animals. They usually found in single-sex or mixed-sex herds. Adult males are often seen alone and wander widely. Male Blue bulls, after they reach old age, may be found leading a solitary life.
Nilgai is herbivorous animal (Primary consumer), they feed on various types of grass, leaves, herbs, shrubs, buds, flowers, seeds and fruits. They are diurnal, with peaks in activity in the early morning and late afternoon.
They drink regularly during the hot season but can go 2 to 4 days without water in cool weather.
They are shy and sensitive in nature. They have good eyesight and hearing, but they do not have a good sense of smell.
They are good runners, and can run up to 48 kmph. They can stand on their hind legs to browse as high as possible.
Nilgai is generally known as quiet animal. They produce short grunts when alarmed and clicking sounds when females feed their babies. Nilgai have been recorded making a roaring vocalization.
Breeding occurs throughout the year, but peak in November to March. Males are establish territories during the breeding season, attempting to gather and keep small herds of females within their area.
Fighting occurs between dominant bulls for the females, and serious injury or death sometimes results. Males will mate with more than one female during mating season.
Nilgai are found in the north Indian plains from the bottom of Northern Himalayas to Karnataka in the South. They are also distributed in Gir forest of Gujarat and across the border of Rajasthan to Assam and West Bengal in East.
The population density of these antelopes in Central India is 0.07 per square kilometer. It is also noted that there are some feral populations in southern parts of India. Their distribution was also seen in Thar Desert earlier but with very limited numbers.
Since Nilgai are diurnal, they are active during the day time rather than in the night hours. Their habitat includes grasslands, woodlands, and dense forest, plain and low hills with shrubs. It can be scattered across cultivated areas, semi-urban areas, water holes, defecation areas and scrubs jungle.
Places Found
Gir National Park: The Gir National Park is situated in Gujarat with an area of 120 square-miles with rich flora and habitat. The wildlife here includes Nilgai (Blue bull), Sambar deer, Chital, Jackal, Hyena, leopard, lion and Langur Monkeys. Jeep safari is conducted in order to view all the wildlife at Gir National park.
Sariska Tiger Reserve: The Sariska Tiger Reserve is a national park in India located in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. The park is situated at a distance of 107 km from Jaipur and 200 km from Delhi. This area was a hunting reserve and it was declared a wildlife reserve in 1955. The current area of the park is 866 kms. Most commonly spotted carnivores here are leopard, Bengal tiger, wild jackal, wild dog, sambhar, chital, hyena, wild cat, nilgai, wild boar, etc.
Bandhavgarh National Park: Bandhavgarh National Park is located at Madhya Pradesh, India with an area of about 450 square kilometers. The thick forest of Bandhavgarh National Park sits in between the cliffs of the Vindhyan Mountains.
The forest has the wild attraction like Indian leopard, Elephants, Tiger, Nilgai, Chausingha, Chital, Chinkara,
Indian Muntjac Chital, Sambar, Wild Boar and Fox or Golden Jackal. Elephant safari and Jeep safari are conducted in order to view all the wildlife of Bandhavgarh National park.
Ranthambore Tiger Reserve : It is located in Rajasthan and is one of the largest national parks in Northern India with an area of 392 kms. This is one of India's Project Tiger reserves with the officials highly monitoring against the poachers. The other national parks may include Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary, Wild Ass Sanctuary and many of the semi-urban areas.
Food of Blue Bull (Nilgai )
Indian Nilgai are herbivores and hence feed on the vegetarian foods like grass, flowers, seeds, fruits, buds, leaves, stem, scrubs, shrubs, desert succulents, forbs, cultivation crops and other woody plants.
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