From A Raised Platform
By jaishankar
@Shivram59 (51240)
India
May 12, 2026 12:20pm CST
My friends are planning to spend the coming
Saturday night on a raised platform in the jungle.
They have managed to have some villagers to build this raised platform on the branches of a tree. They want to see the activities of animals and hear the sounds emerging from the jungle.
I have neither agreed , nor refused to accompany them.
It would be a nice experience. I want to join them, but would like to have some time to take a decision.
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@Shivram59 (51240)
• India
13 May
Thank you. I would not accompany them, because you can't see the animals in darkness. If you light your torch, they would flee within a fraction of a second. You can hear their sounds only.
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@rakski (158648)
• Philippines
13 May
@Shivram59 That's true maybe you can go there at daytime
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@Shivram59 (51240)
• India
14 May
@rakski You know I go there every early morning.
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@eliza_godinez12 (5791)
• Philippines
13 May
It sounds adventurous and interesting. Taking some time before deciding is a wise choice. 
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@eliza_godinez12 (5791)
• Philippines
13 May
@Shivram59 You make a very good point. If animals are hard to see even in daylight, it would be even more difficult at night. But hearing the sounds of the jungle could still make the experience special.
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@Shivram59 (51240)
• India
13 May
@eliza_godinez12 I've heard the sounds coming out from the jungle many times. A few days back when I spent one night at the house of one of my friends, we both slept at a out house there. The whole night we heard the calls of jackals and hyaenas. My friends have never had that experience.
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@Shivram59 (51240)
• India
13 May
Thank you. I asked my friends how would they see animals in pitch darkness. The moment they light their torch , the animal would disappear. They can hear their sounds only. I walk to the jungle every morning. It is very difficult to see animal even in broad daylight.
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@Shivram59 (51240)
• India
14 May
Thank you. You don't need to be brave to go to that jungle at night. There are no tigers or elephants. You can see jackals, foxes, hyaenas, rabbits there. These animals are not scary. The only scary animal is hyaenas, in case you disturb them. Otherwise hyaenas run away when they see a human being.
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@Shivram59 (51240)
• India
14 May
I'm not going with my friends. I don't know how they would see animals at night.
@Shivram59 (51240)
• India
20 May
Thank you. It was not a good planning. They went to the jungle at Saturday night. But, as I had said, could not see animals due to darkness.
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