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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

The lake consists of a large body of open water, a belt of tall yellow grass (where a big orange cat can blend and disappear if it chooses so) and, all around it, thick forests of predominantly teak, interspersed with thickets of bamboo. It is a success, despite the heavy burden of poaching and a human-tiger conflict.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

10,000 Birds

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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