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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

10,000 Birds

If you are a bit deranged and like to read about animal diseases (you know who you are), I recommend checking out the paper “Poxvirus infection in a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike “ “The nest is remarkably small for the size of the bird. Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits?

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

4 The Love Of Animals

Sheldrick is fourth-generation Kenya-born and has spent the better part of her life tending wild animals. She’s reared abandoned baby buffalo, dik-diks, impalas, zebras, warthogs, and black rhinos, among others, but no creature has beguiled her more than elephants.

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