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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Their fragile homes, meager belongings and scant livestock attested to this, and yet the people seemed content with their lot in life. They adorn their bodies with decorative scarification, a painful process of slicing into the skin and rubbing the wounds with charcoal.

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Why were these two smaller lizards seemingly latched onto a larger, dead one?

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The big lizard had no visible wounds, so it's safe to say it died of natural causes, but then why were its eyes bloodshot? I'm sorry if this is like actually NSFW or something or considered Sad content, I just have no clue on earth where to find information about this.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. She lived to contented age 19, still catching wisps of wind on her face on the balcony catio we set up for her. Whatever those dedicated souls might have felt in that moment, whether exasperation or anger, they didn’t show it.

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