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A mozzie bites me, so I take the “Expedition Plus Insect Repellent” from my rucksack (when I think about it now, any local brand would probably be equally efficient, but they lack the word “expedition” which immediately turns you into a proper explorer) and start spraying my hands and neck. Very dusty Swarovski CLs.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 243

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He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. All these people were legends – I barely scraped past 2000 in half a century. After finishing yet another water stewardship training for a large beverage company in Accra I had some time to kill.

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Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 217

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JANUARY 1, 2024

For Daurian Redstarts, university campuses can also be crime scenes – one recent paper reports on a Daurian Redstart fledgling being attacked and killed by a magpie on the grounds of Hebei Normal University despite attempts by the female parent to defend the chick. At least as far as the male is concerned.

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Birds Research Science Europe 188