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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. One may say so. Literally.

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Marine Life Top of CITES Meeting Agenda

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Apart from issues like combating elephant poaching for ivory in Africa and banning trade in polar bear skins, those focusing on sharks and tuna are likely to be among the most contentious. Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban. Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. While equally at home among cattle and elephants in areas where neither are available it has adopted airports, where they feed on insects that get stirred up by passing planes. coromandus.

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My First West Coast Pelagic Trip

10,000 Birds

Where Hawaii, Japan, and Siberia are just an ocean away. Pacific White-sided Dolphins , 120 or so Humpback Whales , Northern Right Whale Dolphins , Blue Whales , Fin Whales , and Harbor Porpoises were all spotted to say nothing of Stellar’s Sea Lions , California Sea Lions , and a Northern Elephant Seal.

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