"The worst of the hazards travellers encounter in the mountainous rainforests of southern India is not the elephants, though they occasionally kill people; nor the creepy-crawlies, though the sudden appearance of a foot-long red-legged millipede can startle; nor the spiny-stemmed palms, though they shred unwary walkers’ clothes. It is the leeches."
— Our correspondent joined a team of conservationists hunting for new species of frogs in India’s western mountains. Her report is not for the squeamish. (via theeconomist)
(via theeconomist)
