10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

Actually, many birds are able to use smell; the 2006 edition of the classic textbook Ornithology states, “Although they have been underestimated in the past, the olfactory abilities of most birds are comparable to those of some mammals (Mason and Clark 2000). ” * Nevertheless, the myth continued.

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Science Research Birds Turkey 209

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' The Telia Lake.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

A range of animals come to satisfy their need for salt or the soothing effects of the clay along the river banks of the region. UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2014

My Dad is less of a biologist and more interested in history, but is also laid back and happy enough watching us have fun, but we even managed to find some historical sites to investigate. The area also boasts a Rainforest Discovery Centre with several canopy walkways and towers, and a newer rehabilitation centre for bears.

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Birds Bats Elephants Family 179