A Really Good Street Fight.

Walking around campus of the Indian Institute of Technology is one of my normal passtimes here in India. It is an oasis within Chennai. Wildlife, people, calm food stands, coffee shops, it's like a real university campus without all the religious overtones that you get in America. We often see deer there, but rarely see them do anything but eat grass. Yesterday was special though. Just as we entered campus there were two males with very large horns sparing and jousting for the honor of all the doe. Slam, they engage. Scuffling, pushing, fancy footwork. Disengage. Slam, engage again. One runs another right over a bush and into the walking path. The other responds by pushing the first into a tree. This battle went on for well over 10 minutes. Then finally, one emerged victorious as the other scuffed off, defeated, shamed, and embarrassed. To make matters worse, being such a handsome deer, my sister insisted on taking many pictures of him in his state of defeat. After she got a couple, he ran off bouncing down the soccer pitch and off into the woods on the other side of campus. But THAT was a good street fight!