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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

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Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. One bird, the authors discovered, flew 5,000 miles nonstop from southern Brazil to North Carolina. The chapter “Horseshoe Crabs” illustrates why this is THE keystone species of the Delaware Bay.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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September 2017, Cerrado, Brazil. Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. They live in air-conditioned quarters and cared for in the most modern of avian medical facilities, with its own ophthalmology wing and intensive care unit.

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Combined Beats’ List – July 2016

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Luckily, Redgannet managed to redeem himself with a well-placed trip to Brazil in time to see the Olympic torch stumble through Ubatuba. Submissions from July were shared from Serbia, UK, Brazil, Mexico, USA and Saudi Arabia, bring the total as at July 31st to 1858. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. 10 Feb 2016. 05 Mar 2016.

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