The Red Pierrot warmed up quickly to its new ‘hosts.’ This striking
little butterfly fluttered around the new plants in the
Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, brought here only a couple of hours ago on
Monday morning. R. Baiju watched, almost endearingly, as the unusual
butterfly species finally adopted a leaf as its home, or egg-laying
spot, even before the plants were taken out of their bags and planted
into the soil.
He is a Hindi teacher of a government upper primary school in Palode
but he was on leave on Monday to engage in a serious hobby of his. Mr.
Baiju is one of the more active members of the Travancore Natural
History Society (TNHS), the group that is supporting the city zoo in its
endeavour to transform the neglected ‘Butterfly Park’ on its premises.
