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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

Memorable encounters with Mammals Part II It’s generally reckoned that there are more deer in Britain today than there were in the Middle Ages, a fact that is almost certainly true. Above is a buck with antlers in velvet , while the animal below has clean antlers A Muntjac on the run. Rather more are killed in collisions with cars.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. So that New Zealand would end up with quite a few species of animal not originally found here is hardly surprising of itself. But hedgehogs? There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. Greenfinches?