Betla national park has now a good many Civets. It is so good in number that one can see it but since civet is a sprinter it is difficult to be a photo shoot. Deputy Director North division of the Palamu Tiger Reserve, Kumar Ashish said he in the past little over a week has seen ten Civets.
Asked if this wildlife is a recorded species of the park Ashish said Civets are the recorded species but earlier it was very rare to spot them but now they are easily eye sighted.
He said as Betla national park is not open to the tourists the wildlife in the park are having a privacy of time and this may be the reason of their becoming visible to eyes.
Civets feed on small insects and berries and pulpy fruits. It is an omnivore. The gestation period of the civet is 61 days to 80 days.
Sources said park when opened used to have a large number of vehicles whirring in the inside roads of this park causing disturbances to the wild life here.
All tourists' activities are a standstill in the park the wildlife is enjoying every space of the park.
Close to the increase in number of the civet the number of the hyenas has also shot up in the Betla national park, said Ashish.
Hyenas prey fawns of the deer which are in the plenty here.
Ashish had a point when he said there is a natural balance between predator and the prey and if hyenas eat up deer or the fawns it is not going to upset any ecological fabric.