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The five most unique birds in the world

10,000 Birds

In addition to Corey’s photo below from his trip to an Oilbird cave in Ecuador , check out these additional remarkable Oilbird eyecandy images. Oilbirds ( Steatornis caripensis ) in Ecuador © Corey Finger. Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomus discolor). The spectacular African Secretarybird comes in at number five on the list.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent.