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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour

Critter News

Japan, which imports most of the tuna, led the fight against a proposed ban. They’ve had to earn degrees in economics and sociology to learn to marry their causes with the human one – explaining, for instance, that humans depend on bats to pollinate or on coral reefs to support other marine life that is advantageous to mankind.

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Centennial Park, Sydney

10,000 Birds

An Australian White Ibis ( Threskiornis molucca ) that is part of a study of urban birds (tags have been reported!). These large fruit bats are something of a problem for the staff of the Sydeny Botanical Garden, whee they also roost and damage some of the trees, but they seem to be doing fine here.