Uttarakhand: The Hanuman Langur scavenges

From the archive record

Amidst a garbage dump with Maggi packets and polythene, two Indian Langurs search for food. Very used to living amongst humans now, the Langur are usually herbivores and is seen eating what is probably a flower petal. Gray langurs are diurnal. They sleep during the night in trees but also on man-made structures like towers and electric poles when in human settlements. When resting in trees, they generally prefer the highest branches. Ungulates like bovine and deer will eat food dropped by foraging langurs. Langurs are preyed upon by leopards, dholes and tigers. Wolves, jackals and pythons may also prey on langurs. The entire distribution of all gray langur species stretches from the Himalayas in the north to Sri Lanka in the south and Bangladesh in the east to Pakistan in the west.[10] The