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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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One of my most vivid memories of watching The Sopranos – still the best TV series ever, in my opinion – is Tony outside barbecuing, occasionally turning the different pieces of meat. It is probably a rumor that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning Koalas is illegal, but why take the risk?

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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Naziridis, whose authority doesn’t only come from his position, but also from a fact that he was born and bred in one of the villages around the lake – so he is not seen as a ‘foreigner’, but as one of the locals – answered: “It is not the pelicans, but your illegal fishing doing the damage.”

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