Goat and squirrel, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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What you see above are three pictures of a male squirrel. You can just make out the descended testis below the root of the tail. During the mating season the testis descends from inside the abdomen to the scrotum. The cold outside stimulates production of sperms. During the non-mating time the testis is drawn into the abdomen where the higher temperature suppresses sperm production. This new position of the testis inside the abdomen also protects it from injury. The squirrel jumping from branch to branch has a high chance of injuring its testis if the testis remains permanently outside the abdomen. 

Scenes around the Beira lake, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Boats for hire.

The suspension bridge and Island.

A crow and a pelican.

Road upgrade, Karandana to Dammulla, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Heavy machinery is being used to widen and repair roads in rural areas in present Sri Lanka. The Road Development Authority is in charge of these projects. The old system of the PWD ( Public Works Department) and Road Overseers of the 1960s is long gone.

The road to Dammulla from Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

This road is undergoing full relaying. The long neglected outlying areas are getting a face-lift.

The 'Pansala' at Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The entrance.

Jak tree  with fruits.

A bunch of 'King coconuts'.

Papaw tree with fruits.

Nature has lavished so much to this land of ours.

The road to Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

House by the roadside.

High school board at Uduwaka.

Elderly female using a cell-phone by the roadside. This was most probably done to avoid the householders in her residence overhearing her conversation.

Just enough room to pass a bus plying the route.

A little piece of Campuchea in Sri Lanka.

Sights from the Campuchea - Sri Lanka Frienship Society building complex at Bomiriya on the Low level road to Avissawella.