Sanctuary Asia - May 2018

MADHUMAY MALLIK

RADHA RANGARAJAN

NANDA KUMAR

EEveryone loves the beach. The soothing sight of endless sand and splashing waves! Utterly divine! Beaches form a part of what iveryone loves the beach. The soothing sight of endless sand and splashing waves! Utterly divine! Beaches form a part of what is s

known as the inter-tidal zone, where the sea meets the land. And not all beaches are alike. Next time you visit a beach, look a little known as the inter-tidal zone, where the sea meets the land. And not all beaches are alike. Next time you visit a beach, look a little

closer and you will see living forms of all shapes and sizes materialise before your very eyes! Crabs, bivalves, turtles, sea birds and closer and you will see living forms of all shapes and sizes materialise before your very eyes! Crabs, bivalves, turtles, sea birds and

much more. Even fossils! Beaches are pulsing with wildlife that only observant eyes are gifted to see. much more. Even fossils! Beaches are pulsing with wildlife that only observant eyes are gifted to see.

Beach Life...

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An olive Ridley turtle makes An olive Ridley turtle makes

its way to the sea at its way to the sea at

Rushikulya beach, Odisha. Rushikulya beach, Odisha.

PHOTO FEATURE

A coconut octopus peers out A coconut octopus peers out

between two protective pieces between two protective pieces

of shell it collected on a of shell it collected on a beach beach

in Sulawesi, Indonesiain Sulawesi, Indonesia..

A A ghostghost crab slinks back into its crab slinks back into its

burrow, dug in sand at Devbagh burrow, dug in sand at Devbagh

Island in Karwar, Karnataka.Island in Karwar, Karnataka.