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Striding Snake-killers

10,000 Birds

Secretarybirds seem more crane than raptor as their four-foot frames stride across the open plains of places like the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana. The quills of the “Saqu Ettair” Secretarybirds feed on small lizards, insects, rodents, birds eggs and, of course, snakes. You will leave wanting to come back for more.

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

10,000 Birds

She talked about what we might see after we remounted the safari truck, which we had just driven out of the campground at the southern end of Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park, where we were staying in the South African camp, just across from the Botswana camp. Let me tell you this: They are. And for rodents and reptiles as well.