10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. How much time did you need to read this blog?

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 180

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. And, as we find out in a blogged coda to the episode , they can’t even take care of their eggs. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

Red-billed Blue Magpies are occasionally eaten by snub-nosed monkeys. The gory details are outlined in a paper describing that the monkeys eat the head of the bird first but reject the wings. In fact, websites such as this one seem to offer package tours just to kill woodcocks.

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Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2023

A paper describes how a Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (which looks a bit like somebody had kicked Donald Trump in the nose, which in itself may probably not be such a bad idea) ate three Chinese Babax chicks from a nest in Shennongjia National Park. According to Chinese researchers, nest predation and brood parasitism are the two main reasons.

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Birds Mammals St. Louis Monkeys 147