About Silent Valley
Silent Valley National Park is one of the last undisturbed tracts of tropical rainforest in the southern Indian subcontinent, saved in 1984 after a landmark environmental campaign that stopped a hydroelectric dam. The silence of the valley — from the unusual absence of cicadas — gives the park its haunting, evocative name. The lion-tailed macaque symbolised the fight to save Silent Valley.
Key wildlife
Lion-tailed Macaque 🐒
Bengal Tiger 🐯
Asian Elephant 🐘
Nilgiri Marten 🦦
Great Hornbill 🦜
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