A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world's eight biodiversity hotspots , the Western Ghats are among the planet's richest rainforests, supporting a plethora of endemic flora and fauna. Stretching 1,600 km along India's west coast, from the state of Gujarat to the southern region of Kerala, the Ghats are home to tigers, leopards the elusive black panther and the world's largest population of wild Asin elephants. New animal species were discovered as recently as December 2014 But theses are just some of the reserve's mmore well-known treasures. A more fascinating phenomenon was in store for us later that night