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Dolphins

For many years, many people believed that the cleverest animals after man were the

chimpanzees. Now, however, there is proof that dolphins may be even cleverer than these big

apes.Although a dolphin lives in the sea it is not a fish. It is a mammal. It is in many ways,

therefore, like a human being.

Dolphins have a simple language. hey are able to talk to one another. It may be possible for

man to learn how to talk to dolphins. !ut this will not be easy because dolphins cannot hear the

kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to dolphins, therefore, he will have to make a

third language which both he and the dolphins can understand.

Dolphins are also very friendly toward man. hey often follow ships. here are many stories

about dolphins guiding ships through difficult and dangerous water.

"ed !ird #aradise

An Indonesian endemic, the "ed !ird of #aradise is distributed to lowland rainforests of $aigeo and

!atanta islands of $est #apua. his species shares its home with another bird of paradise, the $ilson%s

!ird of #aradise. &ybridisation between these two species are e'pected but not recorded yet.

he "ed !ird of #aradise, #aradisaea rubra is a large, up to ((cm long, brown and yellow bird of 

 paradise with a dark brown iris, grey legs and yellow bill. he male has an emerald green face, a pair of 

elongated black corkscrew)shaped tail wires, dark green feather pompoms above each eye and a train of 

glossy crimson red plumes with whitish tips at either side of the breast.

he male measures up to *+ cm long, including the ornamental red plumes that reuire at least si' years

to fully attain. he female resembles the male but is smaller in size, with a dark brown face and has no

ornamental red plumes. he diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and arthropods.