Curiosity-driven life (Dilantha Gunawardana)

Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill and Malabar Pied Hornbill

The Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis) is endemic to Sri Lanka and is characterized by the grey tone of the upper plumage while the Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) is hallmarked by the large casque. The Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill is categorized as Least Concern and the Malabar Pied Hornbill is labeled as Near Threatened by the IUCN classification system.

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Published by Curiosity-driven life (Dilantha Gunawardana)

Dilantha Gunawardana, a molecular biologist/biochemist trained at the University of Melbourne, lives in a chimerical universe of science and poems. Dilantha’s poems have been accepted for publication /published in The Writing Disorder, Heart Wood Literary Magazine, Quadrant Online, Poets for Science, Canary Literary Magazine, Cordite Poetry Review, Kitaab, Kitaab Quarterly, Creatrix, Eastlit, Cephalo Press and Zingara Poetry Review among others, while also contributing to three poetry anthologies, including his latest collection of Cancer themed poems which he penned while battling a cancerous intruder. Dilantha was awarded the prize for “The emerging writer of the year – 2016” in the Godage National Literary Awards, Sri Lanka, while being shortlisted for the poetry prize, in the same awards ceremony. Dilantha lives in a beautiful island country shaped like a teardrop, Sri Lanka, known for its black tea, true cinnamon, the love of a colonial game called cricket, passion for spicy curries and was formed as recent as a few million years ago, breaking away from the Indian landmass. Dilantha works on small ferns called Azolla that he grows for scientific research and teaches biological topics as an academic. Dilantha in his free time takes part in pub quizzes, maintains a photography blog dedicated to birds and butterflies, forays into prose writing, and plays basketball, soccer and cricket. Dilantha’s poems can be found at: https://poemsfromceylon.com/

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