10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2013
This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. Appearances are certainly deceiving when it comes to Geladas.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Ethiopia , a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. Tours groups that I guided to Ethiopia ten years ago had to endure very basic accommodation, almost no surfaced roads and low levels of service. Addis Ababa is a good a site as any for this bird.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. My adventure to the Omo Valley started with a flight from Ethiopia’s bustling capital, Addis Ababa, to Arba Minch, the largest city in southern Ethiopia. Yellow-billed Stork. Mursi woman.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
What extraordinary birds penguins are: physically, they remind us of ourselves, so we think we understand their behaviors, but, as the authors say, “their private life is as complex and mysterious as that of any wild animal.” Dragan]: Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide , by Hume, Still, Swash, and Harrop is a photographic guide.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2016
One might think that thanks to the Internet, all those ridiculous old wild animal myths handed down for generations would finally die a deserved death. Last year scientists in Ethiopia discovered the jawbone of a 2.8 Songbirds eat bugs, and raptors eat whole birds/animals. Feel free to vent!”. The same goes for raccoons.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2017
Both men lead trips for tour company Tropical Birding (Barnes is a founder), and they have also co-authored Wildlife of Madagascar (another WildGuide volume, 2016), Birding Ethiopia (with Christian Boix, 2010) and Wild Rwanda (with Christian Boix, 2015).
Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 15, 2023
forest buffalo goes into first hyena: The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste.
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