'Naturalists don't seem to have the proper amounts of caution and fear that the
rest of us have. They think, for example, that sitting in a cave with wild
tigers is perfectly normal, which of course it's not.' The forests of India are
not only home to a wide variety of animals and birds, but they also teem with
committed conservationists, naturalists and nature lovers. And after having
spent many years with wildlife, these men and women have fascinating stories to
tell. Cliff Rice is one such animal-explorer. He lived for two years in the
mountains of Kerala, befriending the Nilgiri tahr, an endangered species of
mountain