10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s all about the improbable intersection of human beings and Emperor Penguins, and if I can’t make it to an Emperor Penguin colony (highly unlikely), reading this book has been the next best thing. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific narrative, part prologue to making an argument for Antarctic conservation.

Penguins 160

Penguins Seals Leopards Research 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars.

Rhinoceros 129

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 129

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

Most of them had brought kids along as well (probably among my least favorite mammals), which were pulled on gaudily colored skiing sleds by their hapless parents, creating a constant raucous noise. A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan.

Pandas 210

Pandas Birds Eggs China 210

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

Below are a few suggestions of sites within the city that can easily be reached using public transport. A pair has been nesting by the roadside for some years, but they are not so predictable outside of the breeding season. There is no transport inside the park and all travel must be on foot. Visit as a group and dress down.

Brazil 160

Brazil Birds Transported Game 160