10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
It notes that there are around 1,000 people who have had birds named after them, but no fewer than three of them – Frank Linsly James, Eugenio Prince Ruspoli and Johan August Wahlberg – were killed by elephants, not a common form of death. Eleonora’s Falcons still breed on Sardinia today.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Apparently, when breeding, the two parents divide incubation duties, with one bird taking over the daytime duties and another one the nighttime. Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact. Lucky him, right?
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Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti. She had been showing symptoms of the potentially lethal elephant herpesvirus, which leads to internal bleeding and heart failure.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
to the ongoing conservation of breeding Lesser Flamingos at Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam to the Albatross Task Force, which works with fishermen to find solutions to seabird bycatch (birds caught in fishermen’s nets). There are elephants down there!” So, the best way to find a leopard is to find the kill.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. A new captive breeding program may be the cats’ last hope. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
In 1856 Wahlberg was killed by an Elephant near Lake Ngami in Botswana without ever publishing an account of his travels, but fellow Swede Carl Sundevall catalogued his collection at the Stockholm Museum and described the birds Wahlberg collected. Hugh was recently awarded an honorary doctorate for his contribution to ornithology.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2022
The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. The helper birds play an important role in the survival of the chicks as well as assisting in excavating a suitable cavity for the breeding pair. However, that is hard to do when reading that the pouch is used in courtship rituals.
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