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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

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There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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CR being the highest category in the Red List , if I want to see some of those birds, I better hurry! In an open Maruti Gypsy, we are heading north from Dasada in the Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, along a rather decent tarmac road, between the wheat fields and passing camel carts. Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds?

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The Nemesis Cat Defeated!

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If I were to describe my long time wildlife nemesis, my ultimate dip of dips, I would reach for a nemesis cat, not a nemesis bird. What an animal! Leopard camels in Madikwe. For there is no species that I had more comprehensively failed to see than the Leopard. Those paws! One of the great wildlife encounters in my life.

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Into an Uncertain Future

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The crucial factor limiting the maximum baggage is the transport of the entire German population to their new home in the central Saharan desert regions of southern Algeria, Mali and Niger by camel. Of course we are not officially allowed to take living animals with us (allegedly, Leberwurst is fine). Birds Germany magpies weather'

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Camels have three eyelids. Called a nictitating membrane, the transparent lid helps keep out sand and dust; it can even improve vision, like a #ContactLens. Many animals, including dogs, cats, sharks, and some birds and amphibians, also have third eyelids.

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Life in a high desert oasis

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When you conjure up thoughts of the desert oasis, you probably envision the towering white sand dunes of cinematic fame, with camels, brightly colored tents and turbaned nomads. The biosphere is known for its many substrate of ecological plant and animal life, depending on the elevation. angustifrons.