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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

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Bird Uganda Safaris is one of the leading ground handler of the International birding companies in the USA, Australia, South American and Europe. Black-chested snake Eagle with a snake at Matheniko Wildlife Reserve Eastern Uganda.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. The Commission had also proposed scaling back experiments on the 12,000 primates used each year, so they could only be used if the survival of their species was at stake or during an unexpected outbreak of life-threatening disease in humans.

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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

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At the same time, the opinion of the European Parliament is that these objectives have to be achieved without impeding research on various serious diseases in Europe, reported the parliament’s press room. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. I really hope this passes.

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The Thing About Colombia

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Not just birds, but also plants (Colombia boast the most orchid species, too), insects, primates, reptiles. There are a lot of opportunities for endemism both between and within the mountain ranges. The list goes on and on and on. Colombia’s biological riches rival even that of the nation’s most notorious criminal.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

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Europe has one species (Eurasian Spoonbill), the Americas have one (Roseate Spoonbill), Australia two (Royal and Yellow-billed Spoonbill), and Asia has two as well (Eurasian and Black-faced Spoonbill). The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators.

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The longest way to Costa Rica goes around the world!

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America) or westbound (from Europe). Focus on the Akagera National Park for 490 savanna species, Nyungwe National Park montane forests with 320 birds including 29 Albertine Rift endemics (also 13 primates and, again, famous for the only canopy walk in this part of Africa). Yet, for most people, birders are all eccentric.

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

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The continent of Atlantis was about the size of today’s Western Europe, and it sunk into obscurity off the Iberian Peninsula some time between 700 – 750 AD. It was not Europe, but it was Europe-like.&# It is not about Europe at all. They tell you that it was written in Atlantis in the 6th century AD!

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