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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. Perhaps 15 minutes?

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

That means crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking, according to the research. The golden-winged warblers had just returned from South America to their breeding grounds in the mountains of Tennessee in 2013 when a massive storm was edging closer. Ifrasound waves are cool.

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