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Play the silly word game my spouse and I came up with: "The Lazy Naturalist"

Reddit Animals

"The Lazy Naturalist" is a game about identifying animals whose common names reference other animals. I call it "The Lazy Naturalist" because it's as if whoever named the animal couldn't be bothered to come up with a descriptive or original name, so instead, they just referenced some other animal.

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My Top 12 Wildlife Watching Moments

10,000 Birds

A pair of screeching Blacksmith Lapwings was flying around as six Burchell’s Zebras were quenching their thirst, suspiciously observing surroundings every now and then. One Nilgai – the largest of Asian antelopes and a few Sambar deer later, we hit a jackpot: there is one jackal-like animal sitting among the dry leaves!

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