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Internet Exploits Cameroon's Primates

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And let's not even talk about all the internet sales of trophies and animal parts. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking africa primates endangered species cameroon. This is totally fraudulent, however, because CITES bans international trade and does not issues such permits. Just another threat to already endangered primates.

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Cross River Gorilla Facts: Habitat, Diet, Scientific Name, Population & Predators

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These gorillas live in groups of two to twenty and are extremely gregarious animals. The hilly area between Nigeria and Cameroon is home to these gorillas. A dominant male serves as the group leader. There are 6-7 females, along with their offspring, in addition to the dominant leader.

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Cross River Gorilla Facts, Habitat, Diet, Scientific Name, Population & Predators

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These gorillas live in groups of two to twenty and are extremely gregarious animals. The hilly area between Nigeria and Cameroon is home to these gorillas. The face, hands, and feet don’t have any fur at all, though. They have cone-shaped heads, and a scarlet crest sits atop them. A dominant male serves as the group leader.

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International birding tourism after the Covid-19 – what will change?

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I remember a cartoon showing the prehistoric Earth as a vast forest with tiny villages fenced-off due to dangerous animals, and the today’s Earth as a wasteland, with a few tiny forests remaining, fenced-off due to abominable humans. We are stuck. In a world we made.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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He is a writer and communicator whose day jobs have taken him to six continents and more than 25 countries, including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kenya, and Cameroon. Another, hands against the animal’s vast side, said… March On Into Spring – I and The Bird #146 Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:37 am [.]

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The Bee-eaters of Africa

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These beaters usually take the form of grazing herds of game and domestic animals, and large flocks of carmine bee-eaters may gather overhead. The former occurs from Kakamega Forest in Kenya westwards to Cameroon and the latter from Cameroon westwards to Sierra Leone.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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I had seen the Red-headed Picathartes in Cameroon on several occasions, and was on my way to a White-necked colony in Ivory Coast in 2002 when a coup broke out and we had to reluctantly turn back, so finally seeing this bird was a dream come true for me, and what a show they gave us!

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