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The Creepiness of Heidelberg Zoo

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Despite being an ordinary family with the usual interests in elephants, lions, tigers and the likes (there are sadly no Banded Pittas at Heidelberg Zoo), there is one feature that has been our main attraction and focus for the last few months: the duck pond. All is peaceful, all is quiet.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

Habitat loss, as documented by hieroglyphs. The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary. However, that is hard to do when reading that the pouch is used in courtship rituals.

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