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Snow Leopard hunt by Adam Riley (INDRI Ultimate Wildlife Tours)

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Seeing a wild Snow Leopard is every wildlife enthusiast’s dream, probably the ultimate and most elusive wildlife experience on the planet. Our Snow Leopard sat, quite Cheetah-like, before stalking off and once again rolling in the gravel, apparently an indication of the desire to mask its scent before a hunt.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. As visitors’ and the public’s interests expanded from the Big Five, and an appreciation for lesser mammals, birds and smaller wildlife has became more widespread, the term Little Five was coined.

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I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

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White-faced Ibis Killed by One-eyed Peregrine – Alex Lamoreaux, The Nemesis Bird. White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge – Larry Jordan, 10,000 Birds. Roseate Spoonbills at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – Corey Finger, 10,000 Birds. Glossy Ibis , photo by Valerie Gebert.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. They are also hunted. Ackerman skirts around a related problem, the trade in owls in markets in southeast Asia and Japan, an outgrowth of Harry Potter mania.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing.

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

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Oriental Pied Hornbills are common enough and probably the most likely hornbill to be seen in many parts of SE Asia, but seeing them at such close quarters and seemingly so relaxed is unusual. My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening.

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