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In Philippine mythology, a siyokoy (also syokoy or siokoy) is an aquatic humanoid creature often described as having scales, webbed limbs, and fins.Most legends characterise siyokoy as hostile to humans, and are said to drown individuals.
The Pangasinan people (Pangasinan: Totoon Pangasinan), also known as Pangasinense, are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Numbering 1,823,865 in 2010, they are the tenth largest ethnolinguistic group in the country. [2] In the 2020 census Pangasinan speaking households made up roughly 1.3% of Phillipine households. [3]
Ganges river dolphins are usually 2.2–2.6 meters long (7–8 ft). The oldest recorded animal was a 28-year-old male, 199 cm in length, although they are estimated to live up to 30 years old. [10] [11]
The Pangasinan people (Totoon Pangasinan) are called Pangasinan or the Hispanicized name Pangasinense, or simply taga-Pangasinan, which means "native of Pangasinan". Pangasinan people were known as traders, businesspeople, farmers and fishers. Pangasinan is the third most-populated province in the Philippines.
Image credits: soosseli The Finnish photographer also shared more about a significant experience he had while photographing wildlife: “My most memorable moment in nature happened last spring ...
Among the seas of the Philippines' 7,107 islands there is great diversity of marine animals. Butanding , or whale shark , the largest fish, can be found in the province of Sorsogon . The dwarf pygmy goby or Philippine goby ( Pandaca pygmaea ), is one of the shortest and lightest freshwater fish in the world with a size of 9-11 mm; about the ...
Image credits: BlueberrySympathizer There is an epidemic of animals in need of new homes. While there have (arguably) been some improvements in the situation over the years, things are still dire.
South Asian river dolphins are toothed whales in the genus Platanista, which inhabit the waterways of the Indian subcontinent.They were historically considered to be one species (P. gangetica) with the Ganges river dolphin and the Indus river dolphin being subspecies (P. g. gangetica and P. g. minor respectively).