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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

Miracle Babies: Leopard Love. The rarest big cat on earth, the Amur leopard, is on the brink of disappearing forever. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants! Tuesday, September 13, at 9P ET/PT. At the London Zoo, three female gorillas gussy up for a visit from a handsome male gorilla brought in from nearby France.

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A couple of facts :D

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Elephants can communicate via vibrations, they have these fatty pads within their feet which is also what allows them to walk quietly, these pads can easily pick up vibrations. Deer, cattle, camel and goats are more closely related to dolphins and whales then they are with horses. . •

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

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Birdwatching the Okavango Delta

10,000 Birds

Think of African safaris and many people will naturally envisage herds of elephants and antelope, alongside some of the largest predators in the world. Add the chance of the African animals you’d expect, Elephant , Lion , Leopard and a host of antelope, who’s mouth would not water at the prospect? My name is Ashley Boon.

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

10,000 Birds

The forests are also home to Asiatic Elephants and Capped Langur Monkeys. In Rajasthan we stay in a beautiful tented camp in the desert where you have a very high chance of seeing leopards. On night drives here looking for Eurasian Eagle Owl and nightjars you have a very good chance of seeing Striped Hyena.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

I was not on one of those lucky groups, but I did get to see a Secretarybird on my Eastern South Africa trip.) But, the anticipation of everyone else in the group was contagious, and when California birder Lori Conrad looked out the window of the plane as we started our descent and screamed, “Elephants! There are elephants down there!”

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

10,000 Birds

For you and me, there are about 200 bird species, but for proper tourists, there seem to be only five species in the reserve: Bengal Tiger , Leopard , Sloth Bear , Indian Wild Dog (Dhole) and the Gaur. One of them has a scarred shoulder, claw marks, but not big enough for Tiger – probably a Leopard.

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