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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

10,000 Birds

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse One Chinkara (Indian gazelle) male follows the female keeping his head low and sniffing her. Indian gazelle You know the secret of how African park rangers find animals for tourists? A bit further away, there is another male, this one with a dozen female strong harem.

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The 300 survivors

10,000 Birds

One Chinkara (Indian gazelle) male follows the female keeping his head low and sniffing her. Hunting and disturbance, deterioration, fragmentation and destruction of habitat were the forces behind the decline of this, once widespread species, making it Critically Endangered on the IUCN Global Red List.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

The Hamar women are immediately identifiable by their brick red hair braids, beautiful beaded jewelry and animal skin clothes designed to imitate gazelles. They are traditionally pastoral people, but have from necessity accepted agriculture, fishing and crocodile hunting as means of survival.

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