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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. The Telia Lake.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

The bird’s skeleton bears similarities to New Guinea’s much smaller (!) In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. crowned-pigeons and is thought to have been a close relative. ” Henderson Archaic Pigeon ( Bountyphaps obsoleta ).