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I Remember Elephants

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A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. Africa), Hwange (Zimbabwe) and, recently, in Chobe national park in Botswana (the one that was considered so safe that the Clintons have visited it as a presidential couple)! One may say so.

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Swallows. Swallowed

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You probably have to go to a resturant in Botswana or South Africa to find Tigerfish on the menu. In fact, Tigerfishing is sometimes done with a dry fly, in Botswana. The researchers noticed the fish taking swallows at a rate of up to 20 a day. One is on the plate, as dinner. I should mention that this dam is not very big.