But fascination with these magnificent creatures continues.
Blue whales are enormous, magnificent creatures.
What magnificent creatures they might be.
It's vastly preferable to watching these magnificent creatures do tricks in a concrete tank.
After a few dives, even the most nervous among us had to concede admiration for these magnificent creatures.
"There is nothing more beautiful than to be at the track in the early-morning dew and watch these magnificent creatures run," said Carey, a registered nurse.
The public has long had a fascination for the magnificent creatures that lived millions of years ago, some dwarfing elephants in size.
The crone priestess and proprietress of this psychedelic R'n'R area is Yubabu, whose employees must all sycophantically greet their god-customers: magnificent creatures of all shapes and sizes.
The horses are magnificent creatures of Arabian stock, agile as polo ponies and able to accelerate to great speed in a few strides.
As an animal lover, I don't understand why anyone finds enjoyment in seeing magnificent creatures such as tigers or lions behind bars.
"We've always maintained these magnificent creatures are worth far more alive than dead," Fred O'Regan, the group's president, said on releasing the report in late July.
