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Cute of the Day: the bilby!

4 The Love Of Animals

Outside of Australia, the bilby is a little-known animal that occasionally draws comparisons to Star Wars’ Yoda character. In Australia, however, the endangered marsupial is making a comeback, due in large part to a recently launched “Save the Bilby&# fund. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 6, 2009.

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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

10,000 Birds

You may have read about them in the Wall Street Journal , the BBC Wildlife Magazine , or perhaps watched them on BBC, who filmed them here twice, for the Planet Earth II in 2015 and for the One Planet in 2018. Rightfully, this town centre doubles as a nature reserve – an officially protected owl habitat.

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Spotted Thick-knee

10,000 Birds

They are most active at night and make eerie nocturnal calls which have cemented their place in many folklore tales from Africa to Australia. Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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