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Foreign animals surviving in other climates

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The monkeys made sense; many species of apes and monkeys are adaptable to many climates and are similar to humans in terms of anatomy. I’d also be interested in speculation on invasive species similar to what happened with rabbits in Australia or the Burmese Python in Florida. The giraffes did not.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.

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Of Eagle Abduction

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Joking aside, the instant viral popularity of this video seems to me to be speaking to some deep-rooted fears in the human psyche. Everyone knows you bait eagles with babies in Alpine meadows, DUH.

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My Loo List

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Mark Carter is an independent professional birding guide and wildlife surveyor living in Alice Springs, Central Australia. Originally from Scotland, Mark has lived and worked in continental Europe and North Africa before settling in Australia’s “Red Centre&# to work for the Northern Territory Parks Service. Who can say?

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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

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Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. By contrast, Australia, often considered to be the land of parrots, has approximately 54 species.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Dogs can differentiate dilutions of 1 part per billion, follow faint odor trails, and are 10,000 times more sensitive than humans to certain odors.

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Tiritiri Matangi Island

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There are also a number of Takahe , one of which, named Greg, has learnt that humans equal food, and will hang around the day visitors in the hope of a snack. Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 9th, 2011 at 7:18 pm Great post! He came into studying birds rather later in life, and could quit any time he wants to.