10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Fast-forward to the present murky sky and the 1,215 rhino butchered last year. Conservation Africa Mammals poaching South Africa' My eyes will be returning to the lonely acacia next to a waterhole, trying to spot a large shadow in the sunset. White Rhino lifespan is 40 to 50 years, but I am wondering if “my” rhino is still alive?

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons. Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. The White’s Thrush will keep pretending to be a reptile. Happy with the link?

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 204

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

I say they were butchered, face-off. Even worse is the situation with Forest Elephants Loxodonta cyclotis of jungles of Central and West Africa. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. One may say so.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 180