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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. I am curious to see whatever awaits us in the Nagzira Tiger Reserve. One White-eyed Buzzard has turned its back to us.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! On her own, two months ago, she took down a big, old and experienced Indian Boar , who already had some old tiger claw scars. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger'

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Sometimes you get the bird…

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The chicks, which were about the size of chickens, had brown and fawn striped plumage reminding me of the colours of young wild boars. But the information was right, and daddy stopped chasing after me. The whole effect was capped off literally by a bony casque that looked ancient and weathered. Check out those claws!

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It b) Who will play author Jonathan C.

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