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[[File:You were not born just to pay taxes and die.jpg|thumb|Limestone formations near Siju Cave]]<br />
'''Siju Cave''', also known as Bat Cave in English, is located in the North East [[India|Indian]] state of [[Meghalaya]] near the [[Napak Lake]] and [[Simsang River]] [[game reserve]]. It is a [[Solutional cave | limestone cave]] and is famous for its [[stalagmites]] and [[stalactites]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Encyclopaedia, Volume 1|publisher=Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd|isbn=9788177552577|page=6573}}</ref> <br />
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The Siju cave-system is more than 4 kilometres long, but nearly all of it is filled with water and inaccessible. The limestone hills of Meghalaya receive a lot of rain and moisture and holds many other cave-systems, some of them much longer and larger than Siju, but Siju Cave is among the most thoroughly researched and explored systems.<br />
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In 1927, it was found that the Siju caves have a constant temperature of 21–26.4&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biospeleology: The Biology of Cavernicolous animals|date=11 September 2013 |publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9781483185132|page=309}}</ref><br />
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==Biodiversity and faunistic composition==<br />
* [[Arachnida]]: [[Opilionida]], [[Schizomida]]<br />
* [[Myriapoda]]: [[Julida|Diplopoda Julida]], [[Natantia|Decapoda Natantia]]<br />
* [[Crustacea]]: [[Woodlouse|Isopoda Oniscidea]]<br />
* [[Collembola]]: [[Entomobryomorpha]]<br />
* [[Insecta]]: [[Orthoptera]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Caves|year=2012|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacave00whit|url-access=limited|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123838322|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacave00whit/page/n261 245]}}</ref><br />
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Some rare [[bat]] species live in these caves.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meghalaya: Visit Asia's cleanest village & meet the flurry red panda |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-27/news/56515364_1_meghalaya-jaintia-hills-red-panda |work=The Economic Times}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Caves of Meghalaya]]<br />
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== Literature ==<br />
*{{cite book | url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/01/0003-0022.pdf | title=Rhynchota of the Siju Cave, Garo Hills, Meghalaya | year=1924| author=Stanley Kemp}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* Meghalaya Tourism: [http://megtourism.gov.in/sijucave.html Siju Cave]<br />
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