Birds of the Sundarban

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CAfterward, the living crow buried the dead crow in the ground. Abel’s body was buriedain became very worried after killing Abel. What should he do with Abel’s dead body?The Creator sent two crows just then. A crow died in a fight with another crow.


similarly by Cain. It is how people learned to bury the dead. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
share this common belief. This incident of Abel-Cain is discussed in Surah Al-Ma'ida ofthe Holy Qur'an, Genesis of the Jewish Kitabul Muqaddas, and the Bible. The crow is the
first bird mentioned in the world in these three religions. It does not mean that the crow isthe first bird in the scriptures. Instead, it is said in the scriptures that long before the creation
of man, the Creator had created all the world’s life forms.
Scientists believe birds appeared in the Jurassic age at least 160 million years ago.
According to them, birds are the only offspring of the four-limbed dinosaurs after theextinction of the Cretaceous-Paleogene about 65 million years ago.


Birds are everywhere in the world. There are more than seven hundred local and migratorybirds in Bangladesh. In this country, birds sing in the morning and the evening. Birds of
different colors, sizes, and variations keep the country's skies, forests, marshlands,extensive marshes, rivers, and seas alive.


Birds of the Sundarban I 7


Preface

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