Sri Lanka, a Wild Life Interlude, Volume 1Tisara Prakasakayo, 2006 - Asiatic elephant Articles on wildlife conservation. |
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... Baobab country in Africa estimates the age of some of the Baobab trees as exceeding 5,000 years . The age is calculated on the basis of the girth of the trunk . This puts the Baobab in terms of age in the same class as the Redwoods of ...
... Baobab country in Africa estimates the age of some of the Baobab trees as exceeding 5,000 years . The age is calculated on the basis of the girth of the trunk . This puts the Baobab in terms of age in the same class as the Redwoods of ...
Page 292
... Baobab leaf and fruit is a favourite food of elephants . Apart from the ancient Baobab tree near Pallimunai in Man- nar and the trees within the Wilpattu national park and its borders , several boabab trees exist in Jaffna and in ...
... Baobab leaf and fruit is a favourite food of elephants . Apart from the ancient Baobab tree near Pallimunai in Man- nar and the trees within the Wilpattu national park and its borders , several boabab trees exist in Jaffna and in ...
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... Baobab tree . 66 Dr.Peiris describes these people as follows : “ its inhabitants have a reddish brown complexion and light grey eyes , the men are well built and sturdy and the women tall and inspite of the hard life they lead are not ...
... Baobab tree . 66 Dr.Peiris describes these people as follows : “ its inhabitants have a reddish brown complexion and light grey eyes , the men are well built and sturdy and the women tall and inspite of the hard life they lead are not ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Some Administrative Matters 1123 | 15 |
The Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala | 42 |
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