Indian Giant Squirrel Sighting Boosts Pune Forest Biodiversity Hope

While doing a tiger survey in the Pune forest, some forest workers saw an Indian giant squirrel.

This squirrel is special because it only lives in healthy forests with lots of trees and other animals.

The workers saw it near Tiger Point in the Atwan village.

This is a big deal because it shows that the forest is doing well.

The squirrel is called 'Shekru' and is the state animal of Maharashtra.

It helps the forest by spreading seeds from the trees it eats.

The workers who saw it were Ganesh Mehetre and Krishna Dethe.

They were doing their job as part of a big tiger counting project.

The squirrel is not in danger of disappearing, but it's still exciting to see one because they are shy and hard to find.

The forest workers say that taking care of forests is important and that everyone should help by planting trees and protecting wildlife.