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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

10,000 Birds

In three cases of adoption the common factor was that the adopting individual was sexually attracted to one of the real parents of the young. Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. If that isn’t a great basic plot for a soap opera, then what is?

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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

10,000 Birds

The snake had no puncture wounds, and was released 24 hours later. They see a lot of young Brown Pelicans ; they see a lot of juvenile birds in general, all of whom tend to hug the coast on their first migration. KWWC captures injured, sick or orphaned wild chickens, then adopts them out to homes on the mainland.

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