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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants! Meanwhile, at Whipsnade Zoo in the U.K.,

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. Each of these ‘families’ consists of a single mating pair and 1-5 ‘helpers’ who assist in raising the young. And I do not even want to think about which part of an old man’s anatomy the throat pouch reminds me of.

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Shadows of Africa

10,000 Birds

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. This game reserve has 900 elephants – the second largest population in South Africa, after the Kruger National Park with 13,000. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. Sniffing us.

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