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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

This forced us to abandon the vehicle and walk the 15 miles to the nearest village where a bush-mechanic walked back with us at night to our vehicle and temporarily patched the hole. He had mistakenly walked into a nice clump of buffalo bean whilst chasing a Singing Cisticola. I’ll never forget the sight.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. Dog and Fish: Improbable Friends. Fish are often difficult to identify with or feel for.

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