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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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I remember the guide on my first Kenyan birding safari remarking that “birding groups always see far more mammals than those who come just to see animals. At the time (1968) sightings of lynx in the Doñana were extremely rare as the animals were so shy: I was extremely fortunate to have this encounter. (I

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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

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A narrow forest road takes us to the chain blocking the entrance, with a sign “Area closed – bear danger”. A Red Fox walks through the remaining intestines at the feeding station, while I spread the torch light, notebook and the camera in front of me. Now would be the biggest chance for a bear… or maybe not?

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I need help

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Ok so for a writing project of mine I have an animal I'm writing that is basically a mix of a bear, a wolf and a fox. But I need help doing the research on the behaviorz of these animals. And I don't know anything about bear and fox behavior.

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Birding Dulan County, Qinghai

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Good for animals, of course – particularly some shy mammals. Being a mammal myself, I am understandably much less fond of this animal class than I am of birds. But I have to admit that seeing some of the wolves, foxes, asses, and sheep of Dulan county is nice, at least as long as they do not stand in front of some exciting birds.

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How to find information on isolated wildlife?

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There is a fox, a bear and a few other smaller animals that live in there but they are stuck there. I remeber hearing something about it a long time ago but never really looked into it. I have a small forest area in my neighborhood. Its about the size of 5-8 acres.

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A couple of facts :D

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• Tigers and other big cats are able to mimic other animals, tigers in specific mimic deer, bear, cattle and monkeys and the South American Margay can mimic the call of baby monkeys to lore adults. Deer, cattle, camel and goats are more closely related to dolphins and whales then they are with horses. .

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Gray foxes use black bears as personal body guards.

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