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A suggested possibility of Mermaid-like or Gangetic Dophin inbetween Rangpo - Singtam region !

30 kg  fish caught at the  Singtam River I do not know how factual it is, but I have come across an article (could have been written a few years back) that says there is or was a suggested possibility of the existence of some kind of riverine mammals, like the fantasy of mermaids , or it could even be a Gangetic Dolphin in the regions from Rangpo and Singtam . I am from Singtam , but I have never heard of such a strange story apart from the  30 kg fish  that was caught at the bank of the  Singtam River last year. Thou sound fascinating, but I would love to read more about it. The information provided is from the desk of a WWF-India-Department of Science and Technology, Sikkim Project , and the researchers are Dr. Ajeya Jha , Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology , and Dr. R.K. Avasthe , Indian Council for Agricultural Research . The complete article is found on the website of the National Informatics Center, Sikkim , under the topic of Mammals of Sikkim ...

Coelogyne pantlingii, a new orchid species discovered in Sikkim in 2005

This orchid variety named Coelogyne pantlingii  had been discovered by Indian botanist Sudhizong Lucksom in Sikkim in 2005. This floral beauty finds place among the 21 new orchid species as reported in WWF report in August 2009.  Photograph courtesy Sudhizong Lucksom/WWF Nepal ALSO READ  This was the closest i could go for PM Modi orchid Wikipedia fails to mention Sikkim Orchid named after Kalpana Chawla Coelogyne pantlingii, a new orchid species discovered in Sikkim in 2005 Sikkim Orchid variety named after Sonia Gandhi's grand daughter After Dendrobium Atal Bihari Vajpayee, its turn for Cymbidium NaMo