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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. One may say so.

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Names for Nick Jr Animals

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These guys are sometimes called the Nick Jr animals, tho their group name will be called something else. Come on and meet the crew. These guys are all different species and genders, tho despite that, they still coexist with one another without killing each other somehow. Anyways, here are all their names and genders.

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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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Kinabatangan – Borneo’s Mighty River

10,000 Birds

Back in the halcyon days, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth (at least in my mind) and a nickel was still a lot of money, my favourite ride was the river safari one, where you could pretend to be an explorer in a river boat going past animatronic safari animals. I dipped on the elephants, but the river certainly delivered for orangutans.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Empathy Among Elephants. by Marc Bekoff.

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Week 16: South Africa and Kruger National Park

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Just stepping away from the birds for a minute, because you can’t really do any kind of story about Kruger National Park, and not at least mention the animals. The best I could do to mix both the birds and the animals was in the picture at the top of this story.

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Argument time! If there were no humans, Which animal do you think should take the human role?

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Monkeys, Crows, Octopi and Elephants are the obvious answers but which one is the best for taking our job? Or maybe you are a bit more creative and know a diffrent animal that could have a human-like society? ​ Which one would you WANT to win and what do you think WOULD win?

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