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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. Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom. inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers.

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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. Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius.

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