10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

They know how to find food for themselves only a few moments after emerging from their egg, and then likely produce a special protein which allows them to harness quantum entanglement for global navigation. I had the good fortune to visit Lake Nakuru in Kenya in 2019, one of the high elevation rift valley soda lakes.

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Buffalo Kenya Trinidad 2019 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

Apparently , they use the presence of their own eggs as a cue for recognizing parasitic eggs – so without the presence of their own eggs as a template they fail to recognize a parasitic egg. Some individuals even rejected their own eggs when they were in the minority.

Eggs 164

Eggs China Birds Mammals 164

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

African Harrier-Hawks, snakes and other predators frequently raid weaver colonies to rob the nests of eggs and chicks. Photo taken by Adam Riley in Kenya. Image taken in Samburu, Kenya by Adam Riley. Image taken in Kenya by Adam Riley. Image taken by Adam Riley in Kenya. Image taken by Adam Riley in Namibia.

Tanzania 215

Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 215

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

aethiopicus , but today that scientific name is restricted to the desert warthog of northern Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia. They are the heaviest and largest living birds, with adult common ostriches weighing anywhere between 140-320 lbs and laying the largest eggs of any living land animal. It's not easy to catch them.

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Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. A Sharpe’s Longclaw photographed on the Kinangop Plateau, Kenya by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 184