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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. They are called Antlions due to ants being one of their main prey items and “lion” referring to hunter or destroyer. This hulking massive bovid has caught many a wanderer unawares, often with fatal consequences.

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Evolution of the Multi-Media Bird

10,000 Birds

Among the Efe (Pygmy) people that I lived with in the 1980s, the young men would in fact disappear from the bosom of their families and spend a lot of time, perhaps months, living on their own in the forest. Frogs and fish and insects and rodents yes, but not birds. Or get your own.

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