Images Dated 2005 December

Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage near Kegalle, Hill Country, Sri Lanka

Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage near Kegalle, Hill Country, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, The Hill Country, Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage near Kegalle between Kandy and Colombo, the most popular attraction in Sri Lanka for Tourists, Elephants bathing in the ri

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A Bara woman works in her paddy fields close to the

A Bara woman works in her paddy fields close to the Isalo National Park. Rice is the staple food of the Malagasy people. She has put on her face a paste made from the powdered seeds and wood of a special tree to prevent sunburn

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A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in the Canyon des makis

A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in the Canyon des makis, Isalo National Park. Situated in cattle-owning Bara country of Southern Madagascar, Isalo National Park is deservedly popular for its sculptured canyons, natural rock pools, rare endemic plants and beautiful lemurs. Lemurs belong to a group of primates called the prosimians, meaning before monkeys'. Everywhere in the world except Madagascar, monkeys replaced them 35 million years ago. Madagascar has outstanding biodiversity; most of its flora and fauna is unique to the island and can be found nowhere else

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