Sentences with phrase «including pygmy»

The tropical forest ecosystem is home to nearly half of Africa's mammal species, including the pygmy hippopotamus, Liberian mongoose and West Africa's largest forest elephant population.

They are home to nearly half of Africa's mammal species, including the pygmy hippopotamus, Liberian mongoose and West Africa's largest forest elephant population.

Great underwater scenery, and a great place for macro photography — Living around the soft corals you can find critters including pygmy seahorses, decorator crabs, and many small commensal species living with crinoids.

Recently, one such vendor at Flea World near Sanford had all of his animals confiscated because he had kept them all, including a pygmy goat, locked in a closet for days.

Not exact matches

This toughness has always been lacking and has been more obvious still since around 2007, when David Dein was disgracefully and scandalously forced out by Danny - the traitor - Fitzman and his cronies on the pygmy board, including Peter (50 years behind the times) Hill - Wood.

Dozens of species disappeared altogether, including 17 giant lemurs, three pygmy hippopotamuses, two aardvarklike mammals, a giant fossa (a catlike carnivore), eight elephant birds, a giant crocodile and two giant tortoises.

These include such sensational cases as the 1938 finding of a living coelacanth, a fish that was presumed to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs; the 1966 discovery of Australia's mountain pygmy possum, previously known only from bones found in a cave; and the 1951 rediscovery of the cahow, or Bermuda petrel, then thought to have been extinct since the 1620s.

A typical pygmy bushtit has a body about the size of your thumb, but if you include its tail, it measures a heady 8 centimetres long.

Other species likely to be vulnerable to border barriers include bighorn sheep, ferruginous pygmy owls and black bears.

Making his way in an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a pygmy rights advocate, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers.

The onstage demo included the very challenging voice search query of «Show me pictures of pygmy marmosets,» which the software returned perfect results for.

Current residents include black and Himalayan bears, African lions, bobcats, and even pygmy goats and a potbellied pig.

This include mammals like the critically endangered mountain pygmy - possum and the brush - tailed bettong (woylie); the endangered northern quoll; as well as the critically endangered Christmas Island whiptail - skink and the vulnerable malleefowl.

Together with the San Diego Humane Society and its volunteer team, Animal Rescue Reserves, the Department of Animal Services was instrumental in transporting 850 evacuated horses to the Del Mar Fairgrounds and rescuing various animals from the fire, including two pygmy goats, nine rabbits, a parrot, chicken and pig.

The priority list of mammal species requiring protection includes Kangaroo Island dunnart, numbat, eastern barred bandicoot, mountain pygmy - possum, golden bandicoot, eastern bettong, brush - tailed rabbit - rat, mala, western quoll and greater bilby.

For critter lovers, you won't be disappointed by the array of nudibranch, including some endemic species, as well as blue ring octopus, pygmy seahorses and frogfish.

The Liberty is home to hundreds of different species including giant barracuda, turtles, bumphead parrot fish, oriental sweetlips, pygmy seahorses and the enormous potato cod.

This group includes 11 species ranging in length from the pygmy right whale at 21 feet (6.4 m) to the largest whale, the blue whale at 100 feet (30.5 m).

And here are few names of the creatures you might find here in the Gilis: A large variety of Mantis shrimps, different kinds of Pipefishes including the Ornate and Robust ghost pipefish, frogfish, a very large variety of shrimps and crabs and if you're lucky you might see the boxer crab or the well sought harlequin shrimp, the famous seahorses and the Pygmy seahorses, normal Scorpionfishes, leaf scorpionfishes and even the rare Rhinopia which has found itself a home on our dive site called «Turtle Heaven».

Between diving with mantas and photographing pygmy seahorses, guests will enjoy scrumptious snacks throughout the day, gourmet meals of Asian fusion; which include a plated three course sit down dinner.

The reefs are full of bright soft corals and colorful corals, which harbor an amazing variety of rare marine life, including ghost pipe fish, leaf fish, pygmy seahorses and much more.

In addition there are beautiful birds such as hornbills, rarities like Bornean pygmy elephants, and ancient creatures including crocodiles and snakes.

One of the most famous dive sites in Bali, the famous USAT liberty wreck in Tulamben, is covered with a striking array of coral and colourful and diverse marine live, including sweet lips, moray eels, turtles, Pygmy seahorse and much more.

Among the infinite colourful sea fans, our guests got to photograph more pygmy seahorses, including the «Santa Claus» pygmy found only in Raja Ampat.

Some of the highlights pointed out by the divemasters included Bubble Coral Shrimp, Orangutan Crab, Wobbegong Shark, Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse and nudibranchs, including the genus Nembrotha.

Some of the highlights seen during this dive included Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse and Ghost Pipe Fish.

Some of the highlights included gorgonian sea fans themselves, beautiful soft coral formations and animals like Whitetip Reef Shark, Oriental and Diagonal - banded Sweetlips, and two variations of the Denise Pygmy Seahorse, one of them known only from the Birds Head Seascape region, which includes Raja Ampat.

A quick mention to the critters the divemaster pointed out the highlights were nudibranchs, including the genus Flabellina, Tasseled Scorpionfish, Brown - banded Pipefish and both Bargibanti and Denise Pygmy Seahorse.

Some of the highlights found included Broadclub Cuttlefish (juvenile), Marbled Shrimp, flatworms and a Pygmy Squid.

Among the marine life seen, some of the highlights to be mentioned were nudibranchs, including the genus Phidiana, Orangutan Crab and our first Pygmy Seahorse, a Denise specimen, for the macro lovers.

Some of the marine life seen during the dive included: Banded Sea Snake, Day Octopus, Hawksbill Turtle and smaller creatures, like the Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse, nudibranchs, five different kinds of flatworms, headshield slug, Hairy Shrimp and even a nocturnal Epaulette Shark.

As usual, the divemasters pointed out a few interesting critters and camouflage masters to our guests, including Bobtail and Pygmy Squid, Hermit and Sponge Crabs and also some of our guests had the last opportunity to see the endemic Raja Ampat Walking Shark!

On top of that, a friendly school of Bumphead Parrotfish let our divers approach while munching on the reef, Green and Hawksbill Turtle were also seen and a few critters, including Tasseled Scorpionfish, Denise Pygmy Seahorse and nudibranchs, like a beautiful Nembrotha kubayana.

The divemasters did nt disappoint and some of the highlights of this dive included: Pygmy and Bobtail Squid, Marbled Shrimp, flatworms, nudibranchs and the seldom seen Satomi Pygmy Seahorse!

Some of the highlights seen included: Pygmy Squid, Painted Frogfish and mating Broadclub Cuttlefish!

While swimming among the reef, critters were also seen, including nudibranchs, Wire Coral Shrimp, Denise Pygmy Seahorse and Tasseled Scorpionfish.

Some of the critters seen included: (juvenile) Broadclub Cuttlefish, Pygmy Squid, Tasseled Scorpionfish and flatworms.

Looking for critters among rocks and hard coral, a few spotted included, among others, three Satomi Pygmy Seahorses and also a Lembeh Sea Dragon!

A Whitetip Reef Shark, schooling batfishes getting cleaned and smaller animals like the Bubble Coral Shrimp, Hairy Shrimp, nudibranchs and a few Pygmy Seahorses, including the Raja Ampat endemic specie, were caught by our guests cameras.

Towards the end of the dive, along the sites shallow soft coral garden, the divemasters pointed out a few critters, including Denise Pygmy Seahorse, Allied Cowry, nudibranchs, including the genus Nembrotha, and a few different dragonets.

As it is usually the case on this site, plenty of macro life and critters were pointed out by our dive masters: Nudibranchs, like the Thecacera, Flabellina and Nembrotha, Reef Octopus, Bargibanti and Denise Pygmy Seahorse (including the color variation of the last specie that is found only on this region of the world), in between others, filled this dive with pleasant surprises.

Along a nice coral sandy slope was where we done our night dive and some of the highlights included: Bobtail Squid, Pygmy Cuttle fish, Donald Duck Shrimp.

After the night dive was done in Whale Rock and some of the highlights included: Pygmy Squid, Pygmy Cuttelfish, Spider and Decorator Crab!

You cans see all sorts of ocean life including; black and white tip reef sharks, bump head parrotfish, frog fish, nudibranches, cuttlefish, stingrays, Pygmy sea horses, hundreds of turtles, eels all your regular reef fish and so much more.

This dive was special for macro life, since Pygmy Seahorses (including from the species Pontohi), nudibranchs, lobsters, shrimps and pipefishes were pointed out by our dive guides.

This is also a fantastic place to see a variety of abundant rainforest monkeys, including howler monkeys, capuchins, tamarins, pygmy marmosets, titi monkeys, sakis, and even the mysterious uakari monkeys.

When you're not looking at the tightly packed schools this is a great site for macro life including nudibranch, mantis shrimps, pygmy seahorses, octopus and cuttlefish but if that's not enough, look out for the resting wobbegong sharks under the table corals.

The reserve has a very high abundance of primates, including saki monkeys, howler monkeys, capuchins, titi monkeys, pygmy marmosets, tamarins, and squirrel monkeys.

Here you can see several different monkeys, like different tamarins and marmosets, including the smallest monkey in the New World, the pygmy marmosets; as well as capuchins, night monkey and howler monkeys.

I had a big wish list which included, Thresher sharks, mandarin fish, pygmy seahorses.