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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

But hedgehogs? One such individual was Sir George Grey, who liberated many animals on his estate (mercifully on an island), including wildebeest, monkeys, zebras, wallabies, deer, cassowaries, emu and kookaburras. What is surprising is quite how many species did end up here, and how economically unimportant they were. Greenfinches?

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

This lioness remained hidden from these zebras in the long grass until she felt they were close enough for the charge. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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