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By Colin (not verified) on 07 Apr 2009 #permalink And, in addition to their distinctive color patches, hair tufts, manes and dewlaps . elands are just magnificent creatures! Thanks, Darren, for posting about them!
On the etymological theme of my comment on yesterday s post: European languages just don t have the resources to talk about antelope! Not only is the common name, eland, from a word for elk, but the Linnean name Taurotragus is, like many other antelope generics, cobbled together from words for Artiodactyls better known to Europeans: Bull-goat ! Which, we are told, can interbreed with Tragelaphus, Goat-deer . By Allen Hazen (not verified) on 07 Apr 2009 #permalink ....
Senator Magnus Abe The lack of investment in the oil field granted to Addax is said to have caused a great loss to the economy, Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Senator Magnus Abe, has said. Abe, who was reacting to an online story, said the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) was right in its recommendation of a revocation of the mining leases issued to Addax in the national interest. In the said online story, entitled: “Petroleum Minister, cronies plot kangaroo NNPC report to divert $650 million oil contracts to themselves,” Abe, said the report, was “designed to create the impression of a major scandal and arm twist the Federal Government in the matter concerning the recent attempt to revoke some oil blocks from a foreign company.” ....