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The Geladas of Ethiopia

10,000 Birds

They strut about flicking their luxurious fur capes, roaring, displaying their massive canines, chasing off rival males and generally just releasing their built-up testosterone, but back at the ranch, it’s the females that actually call the shots. Mammals Ethiopia Gelada' they are the most terrestrial primate after humans.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. We don’t have monkeys, or wildebeest, or salmon here.