10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2020

No doubt, the big five of Sri Lanka include the biggest of the big ever – the Blue Whale , followed by Sperm Whale , Asian Elephant , Leopard and Sloth Bear. Blue Whale – 80%, Sperm Whale on 1 in 3 trips, Asian Elephant 100%, Leopard on 1 in 2 game drives, Sloth Bear on 1 in 3 game drives. Product details.

Sri Lanka 213

Sri Lanka Whales Whaling Leopards 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whales are cows. It is technically correct, and recently fashionable, to insist that any living animal is a member of the larger group that contains it phylogenetically, i.e., ancestrally, with that group often named after the known animal that roots the tree. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows.

Camels 204

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 204

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

For example, “the Ungulata include hooved animals with multi-chambered stomachs, except the whales.”. According to cladists, every organism is a member of any group of organisms that includes it. Cladistics is not a way of looking at groups of organisms. Groupings are static, and as such are often useuful.

Monkeys 144

Monkeys Gorillas Whales Whaling 144

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2011

But that is because we often have the relationship between dinosaurs and birds reversed in our little primate minds; Much of what is bird-like is not exclusive to birds, but rather, to a larger group of dinosaurs. Among mammals, bipedalism is found in several rodents, a number of marsupials, and one primate.

Birds 271

Birds Primates Marsupials Whales 271