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169.IS THERE ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GIANTS?
We all know that there are Pygmies. But is there any group of people taller than the average, as the Pygmies are shorter?
The answer is no. Height varies throughout the world. Some peoples, such as the Eskimos, Lapps, and certain Indian Tribes in South America are short. Some of the native tribes of eastern Africa have an average height of 1.8 meters or more. But they are not giants.
113.IS THE WHALE THE ONLY SEA MAMMAL?
A mammal is a warm-blooded animal whose young are born alive and fed with mother’s milk. Strangely enough, there are quite a few creatures who live in the sea who are mammals.
A zoologist groups these creatures under the name “Cetaceans.” They include the whales, the porpoises, and the dolphins. By studying their skeletons and other parts, we can determine that the ancestors of these animals lived on land in very ancient times.
112.IS THE PORPOISE A MAMMAL?
It is hard to believe that the porpoise is not a fish, but a mammal. Yet it is just as much a mammal as the cow in the fields. Porpoises, dolphins and whales form the order called “Cetacea” of the group of aquatic mammals.
Actually, dolphins belong to the whale family and porpoises are a variety of dolphins. All these animals may be given the general name of whales, or cetaceans.
