Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspot – Times of India

Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspot – Times of India

This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. (Picture credit: DALL-E) DIZANGUE: Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been devoted to protecting the little known and at risk aquatic mammals.African manatees are found in fresh water along the coast of western Africa, such…

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Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest – Times of India

Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest – Times of India

Paleontologist Thaís Pansani stands in front the reconstructed skeleton of a giant ground sloth at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington. (Picture credit: AP) SAO PAULO: Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge, up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) and when startled, they brandished immense claws.For a…

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