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Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE

4 The Love Of Animals

Nat Geo Wild is airing an amazing show tonight called Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE! Unique complementary content will also be offered via social media including Facebook ( facebook.com/natgeowildusa ) and Twitter 3 NGC viewers outside the U.S. I for one can’t wait to see what the results of the experiments will be!

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Potential Efficiency Improvements

10,000 Birds

Nestled between the Huangpu River and the East China Sea, Shanghai offers a captivating blend of urban charm and natural wonders, making it a must-visit destination for birders seeking a unique and diverse avian experience. But anyway, my main point of contention is the style, not the facts.

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Tree-Eating Swans

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With their high cellulose content and often raised levels of toxins drawn from the ground, mature leaves can be very difficult to digest so a folivore needs specialised equipment and adapted behaviour to be able to live off them. I learned a new word today and am anxious to show it off and share it with the world.

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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You can check the table of contents, or browse the “gallery of thumbnail images” in the Introduction (see image above) or use either of the two indexes—a Short Index on the inside back cover flap and a traditional Index of popular and scientific names. There is an important area I haven’t touched on yet—accuracy of visual content.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. I new him because we enlisted his Dryfus Lion and one of his tigers to carry out experiments with bones (this is something archaeologists do). To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here. Have you ever seen the Dryfus Lion? That was one of his cats.

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Birding Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Zebra Doves are raised for singing contests in countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and may cost between 1000 and 50,000 USD depending on their singing qualities ( source ). My inquiry included the following sentence: “Do you have female bird guides (I have had good experiences with them here in China)?”

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