{"id":77497,"date":"2021-11-06T17:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=77497"},"modified":"2021-11-06T17:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T17:23:07","slug":"baby-boom-at-vil-uyana-on-anniversary-by-srilal-miththapala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/baby-boom-at-vil-uyana-on-anniversary-by-srilal-miththapala\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby boom at Vil Uyana on anniversary!-by Srilal Miththapala"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Baby boom at Vil Uyana on anniversary!-by Srilal Miththapala<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77498\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vil-Uyana-e1636219178971.jpg\" alt=\"Vil Uyana\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/baby-boom-at-vil-uyana-on-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Vil Uyana, the iconic award-winning, luxurious boutique hotel, set amidst purpose built wetlands and thriving natural environment, celebrated its 15th anniversary of operations last week. And what better anniversary gift than to have their resident crocodile \u2018Villy\u2019 produce a brood of hatchlings almost to the day, for the first time ever. The mother and 16 babies (up to now) are reportedly doing fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The story of Villy the crocodile, and Vil Uyana the hotel, are both most interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Vil Uyana was the brainchild of Jet Wing Chairman Hiran Cooray, who conceptualised it around the London Wetlands Centre. A barren patch of land in Sigiriya was carefully nurtured and developed into a wetland and thriving eco system of its own. Part of the area was reforested, and another section developed for paddy cultivation, using traditional methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47455 alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg.jpg 250w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg-68x300.jpg 68w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg-232x1024.jpg 232w\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"1104\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg.jpg 250w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg-68x300.jpg 68w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg-232x1024.jpg 232w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DI-P10-01-11-P-Ckg.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Twenty-five individual luxurious chalets were built initially, spread over the property. Over time, a range of fauna were attracted to the salubrious natural environment of the hotel premises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to the hotel, after operations commenced, mammal species have increased from 12 to 27, birds from 29 to 151, butterflies from 24 to 51, and amphibians and reptiles from three to 39.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The first northern Grey Slender Loris, an elusive nocturnal primate, was glimpsed in a forest patch at the resort in 2010. Prompt action by Jet Wing\u2019s management saw development plans for the forest patch shelved, and the area comprising rich vegetation was declared as Jet Wing Vil Uyana\u2019s Loris Conservation site. Today it has become world famous for its Loris conservation efforts. (that\u2019s another story of its own ! )<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The hotel went on to win several local and international awards, particularly for its design which incorporated the environment. Today it is arguably Sri Lanka\u2019s most well-known luxury nature-boutique hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Villy the crocodile<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I first set eyes on Villy around 2007 when I stayed in the hotel with my family. We christened her \u2018Villy\u2019 at that time. Since then I have followed her \u2018progress\u2019, dropping in to the hotel whenever I was travelling in the area. She was a mugger or marsh crocodile\u00a0<i>(Crocodylus porosus)<\/i>\u00a0and must have been about 3-4 years old at that time, and was about 2.5 feet ( about 3\/4 meters) long. We saw her basking in the sun at the further end of the pool, and she was the cynosure of all the resident tourists. (actually none of us were really aware of her sex until last week. So now that we know, I will refer to her as \u2018her\u2019 !)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">How and when she arrived at the hotel is rather vague, but Ms Sunela Jayawardene, the architect of the hotel, recalls sighting her during the construction time as a very young juvenile. So this indicates that she\u2019s been around the hotel, and made it her home for about 17 years. Assuming that she was around 2 1\/2 years when first sighted, I would estimate that she\u2019s about 19-20 years now. In all her 17 + years at the hotel, there has never been any altercation with guests or staff, although she has been sighted quite close, and out in the open, several times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There is an interesting incident on record when during the early days the Dept. of Wild and Conservation \u2018raided\u2019 the hotel on the suspicion that the hotel was keeping a tame crocodile in the premises. Inspection revealed the truth, that the crocodile had taken up residence in the hotel premises on its own accord, and that the hotel had not done anything to encourage it. It was obvious that the environment had become so \u2018natural\u2019, that wild animals were being attracted to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On a few occasions Villy has gone on a \u2018walk about\u2019 and had been missing for a few days from the hotel premises. Usually during periods of drought, crocodiles travel overland in search of water holes. But in the hotel premises there was always adequate water and food ( fish in the water bodies). So Villy has been contented to live in the hotel premises, by and large without causing any problems to anyone, except for such short \u2018excursions\u2019 occasionally .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There are records of at least four other crocodiles making periodic visits to the hotel premises during the dry season and making it their temporary home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And obviously one of these \u2018visitors\u2019 must have turned suitor to Villy, culminating in her becoming a mother for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(most of the following is based on discussions I had with Chaminda Jayasekara, Experiential Manager of the hotel )<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Over two months ago Chaminda had noticed some strange behaviour from Villy. She was found digging the soil by the road side just a few meters away from the restaurant. And on one occasion she had very uncharacteristically hissed at him when he was walking along the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A few days later he had noticed that she had dug up a small area, and covered it up with soil. So when she was not around, he had carefully removed the top soil and found a clutch of eggs buried there. Thrilled with the discovery, he had quickly replaced the soil over the \u2018nest\u2019. Subsequently the hotel staff had noticed Villy spending long periods at the nest, obviously guarding it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Chaminda told me that he was surprised that she had chosen that particular spot, only about five metres away from the restaurant, right by the side of a road that was often used by guests and staff. We both surmised that maybe she trusted the hotel (her home for almost two decades) and humans, and felt more confident to nest closer to humans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The hotel had noticed that there were stray dogs and land monitors who were trying to raid the nest. So, a security guard was instructed to check on the nest every hour around the clock ! ( a typical response one would expect from this hotel, which places such a great value on conservation of nature and the environment). The nest area was also cordoned off with a wire netting, leaving access for Villy to enter from the side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">About 70 days later, ( the typical incubation period of crocodiles being about 80 days) Villy had started digging the nest and exposing the eggs. Chaminda and his team could hear the babies making chirping noises inside the eggs, as they started breaking out of their shells. Villy very delicately carried the new born hatchlings in her mouth, to the edge of the bund, closer to the water\u2019s edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Some were finding it difficult to break open their shells, and those she gently broke open with her mouth. Chaminda tells me it was amazing to see such a massive animal with such powerful jaws, being so gentle. (a crocodiles can slam its jaws shut with a force of some 3,700 pounds per square inch (psi), or 16,460 newton\u2019s of bite force. By contrast, you might tear into a steak with 150 to 200 psi (890 newton\u2019s). Hyenas, lions, and tigers generate around 1,000 psi (4,450 newton\u2019s).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Interestingly, Chaminda told me that on finding one egg rotten and smelling, Villy had eaten the whole egg immediately. She would eat up all the shells and the remains of the placenta. Perhaps to remove all residual smell which may attract predators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">By late morning all the hatchlings were closer to the bank near the water, basking in the sun, while the ever vigilant mother kept a close eye over them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As of writing, there are 16 hatchlings alive and well. The team is not sure whether there are any more eggs remaining to hatch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The challenge would be to now protect the hatchlings from numerous predators. Granted that within the hotel premises such threats would be less than in the wild. In the wild the survival rate is very low. ( around 20%). And I am sure that the Vil Uyana team will zealously safeguard the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47454 aligncenter lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/d-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/d-2.jpg 650w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/d-2-300x145.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"314\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/d-2.jpg 650w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/d-2-300x145.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/d-2.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Chaminda and I discussed what would happen when eventually the hotel will have a large crocodile population to deal with! I guess nature will take its course. Demand on limited resources will put pressure on individuals, who will then move off to find other locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Meanwhile, as the hatchlings slowly grow up, I am sure the Jet Wing and Vil Uyana team will have great happiness and a sense of achievement. This is certainly further confirmation that the fruits of their efforts have succeeded in creating a thriving natural oasis of an ecosystem, amidst a star class hotel development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(Photographs courtesy of Chaminda Jayasekara)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baby boom at Vil Uyana on anniversary!-by Srilal Miththapala Source:Island Vil Uyana, the iconic award-winning, luxurious boutique hotel, set amidst purpose built wetlands and thriving natural environment, celebrated its 15th anniversary of operations last week. 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