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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees. Our guides were researchers from Callisto, patient and always smiling Yannis Tsanakis (above) and Maria Petridou with her infectious laugh and stories of her Sun Bear and Jaguar research experiences. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.

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