[Thal = Palmyra (Borassus flabellifer), Gas = trees, mankada = corridor/track]
Thalgasmankada 2:3 female was first photographed in February 2012, around the Thalgasmankada Bungalow Road. With the flow of time, she has proven herself to be a good and resourceful mother. She was seen around the areas of Warahana second water hole, Y – Junction, Thalgasmankda, Pan Wala, Mōdharagala, and Darshana Wewa. (with time she slightly changed her territory)
Her first litter included one female cub, which was the Thalgasmankada 2:2 female. In 2016, she begot another litter which turned out to be two female cubs. They are known as the Y – Junction female cubs (Y – Junction 2:2 female 1 and Y – Junction 2:2 female 2). She managed to raise these two cubs to adulthood and one of them managed to establish a territory nearby.
From time to time she was seen near Kotabendhi Wewa 1:2 female around Thalgasmankada bungalow road but they were not seen involved in fighting. (The Thalgasmankada bungalow area seemed like the two females’ territories overlapping area)
She was seen again in March and April 2019, around Darshana Wewa Junction with the evidence of being a mother. (By that time, her exposed nipples meant that she was breastfeeding, indicating that she had a new litter). Her third known litter was photographed later in 2019, with one male cub (Divul Kaele 3:3 male) and one female cub (Divul Kaele 2:2 female).
In July 2020, there was a fantastic sighting of her at the Darshana Wewa Junction, carrying a newly killed wild boar piglet. In September 2020, she was seen frequenting the Mōdharagala area with her cubs (from the 2019 litter, who were fully grown at the time). At the end of 2020, they separated and for a few months, there were no records of this female until April 2021 when we saw her at Y-junction. A few months later in September 2021, she was seen at Warahana bungalow road mating with Medha Para 2:3 male(a.k.a ‘J’)
In October 2022 she was observed mating with Lolugas Wala 4:3 male around the Y Junction area. By this time she had slightly changed her territory and was frequently seen around Warahana and Warahana bungalow road. In April 2023 our guiding team had the lucky sighting of this female with her very young cub close to Warahana Bridge. This cub grew up almost secretly around the same area and occasionally few sightings were there. Since October 2024 this young male was seen interacting closely with the Warahana 2:2 Female and her 2023 litter cubs around Warahana and Walas Wala areas.
