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Happy #WorldDolphinDay! The melon in #dolphins and other Odontocetes (toothed whales) is a mass of adipose tissue located in the forehead. It acts as a sound lens, modulating and focusing sounds used in #echolocation.
From the archives.
#science #cartoons #marinebiology
Illustration #15 in the #homebiodiversity series, a gorgeous #butterfly not very common in the neighbourhood that took us by surprise today: the Indian Wanderer. Thanks to my #quarantine balcony birding buddy @paintedbat for identifying it!
#insects #urbanwildlife
Illustration # 15 in the #Homebiodiversity series: a very endearing and gentle frog that uses the water tank in my house as a power-nap station: The Common Tree Frog
#urbanwildlife #wildlifearoundme #greenhumour #illustration #frogs
Wildebeests spot an odd log in my column with RoundGlass Sustain: https://t.co/ybcLek4NcT
#crocodile #antelope #Africa #greenhumour #cartoons
Meet Spring Migration Superstar #4, the Common Swift! Comic for @birdlife's #SpringAlive series in which we introduce young readers to spring migrants.
#birds #birdwatching #spring #greenhumour
Illustration #13 in the #homebiodiversity series : The Cotton Bollworm Moth, identified by Pritha Dey. Looks like my house has more pests than I thought!
#insects #moths #illustration
Illustration #12 in the #homebiodiversity series: the aerial apex predator of the ecosystem around my home, which made a methodical meal out of a Jungle Babbler yesterday: the Shikra.
#birds #hawks #urbanwildlife #ecology #illustration #greenhumour #naturalhistory
Learn physical #distancing , #IsolationLife and #solitude from the very masters! Comic from my column with @the_hindu :
https://t.co/8eSqMMsVFo
#wildlife #Covid_19 #coronavirusindia #greenhumour
Meet #Jujurana the #WesternTragopan, official #mascot for the #GreatHimalayanNationalPark , #HimachalPradesh. One the last homes of this resplendent but rare pheasant can still be seen.
Munmun Dhalaria's brilliant documentary on the bird for @NatGeo : https://t.co/u2ZlFvbXhq
#Illustration # 10 in the #homebiodiversity series: A combat chopper that crash-landed in our living room after a brief thunderstorm today evening, but flew back to safety- the Green Marsh Hawk (#dragonfly ). Thanks to my brother @paintedbat for the ID!
#insects #biology