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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. Least Terns resting on an oil-stained beach July 15, 2010 Wellhead is capped.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. But, in the next year, 2009, only one human was killed by a tiger, leading to a conclusion that all the tigers in the conflict area (practically, the wider reserve buffer zone) have been wiped out. Cover photo: Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. Mar 7th, 2011 at 1:09 pm [.] in south-eastern Peru.

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