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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting. Otters may be widespread in Europe, but they are usually elusive and difficult to see. Why not the stoat family or the badger family?) My only wolf sightings have been in Spain, in December, and at great range.

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The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

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When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there. Yet, the primary job of Beljarica is not to support eagles and otters, but to control the floods.

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

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You can make a similar map for the small carnivores, the Mustelids, such as minks, ermines, otters, etc. And for thousands of years the lizards, rodents, and birds of North America adapted to Fishers, Badgers, Wolverines, Ermines, etc. Smaller and larger animals (if there are any) are taken by other creatures.