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● All primates love rice – from Sumatra to Sri Lanka, monkeys are often found around rice paddies , being omnivores that eat fruits, vegetables, some grains and seeds. Langurs also frequent rice fields, seeking sustenance and water. This irks farmers, becoming a human-animal conflict — few consider how humans, by relentlessly cutting down forest habitat , have forced monkeys into a world which is far from welcoming.

●The glorious heron — which can grow upto 4 feet tall — is often found nestling near lush rice wetlands. These fishrich swamps are a great draw for birds ranging from ducks to egrets, plovers and cranes . These birds do humans a favour by consuming several pests that can spoil crops — today, many of these winged species face habitat loss as rice fields experience varying water levels, chemical contamination and ruinous exposure to saline seas.
●While you might not automatically link the two, freshwater prawn , like Macrobrachium rosenbergii , are often found in rice paddies, at times, deliberately placed there. The crustacean finds nutrition among the weeds and insects . Putting it in fields means farmers can earn more and reduce chemical inputs, prawns controlling pests and helping nutrient recycling naturally Research: National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, BBC, Encyclopaedia Britannica.