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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. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry.

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

10,000 Birds

Especially in the dry season, bands join together forming grazing herds, which can number up to 1,200 animals (although 500-600 is more normal.) Males sport a larger heart-shaped bare batch encircled by pale fur, that shows off their dominance status. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. Portrait of a male Gelada.

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