Alas, the phrase ânew normalâ carries more ominous weight in other parts of the legal world. Major law firms trimmed staff in the wake of the recession, and starting salaries at big law firms in New York and elsewhere have largely stagnated and continue to hover around $160,000, or less.Things are worse yet in the world of do-gooding lawyers.las, the phrase ânew normalâ carries more ominous weight in other parts of the legal world. Major law firms trimmed staff in the wake of the recession, and starting salaries at big law firms in New York and elsewhere have largely stagnated and continue to hover around $160,000, or less.
Pygmy parrots, as their name suggests, are the smallest members of the parrot family and are even smaller than budgerigars. There are six species which are found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Unusually for birds, pygmy parrots eat a lot of lichen and fungus as well as some seeds, fruit and insects.
Get our newsletter. Pygmy Hippos. Pygmy hippos are smaller cousins of the hippopotamus that are native to West Africa. Of the 2,000 estimated pygmy hippos remaining in the wild, most are thought to be in Liberia, with smaller numbers in of Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast.