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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. And the animals themselves? meters (3.9

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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. Once this species inhabited wide steppes of India and Pakistan, but nowadays remain in ever smaller and more isolated habitat fragments. A bit further away, there is another male, this one with a dozen female strong harem. Males reach 1.2

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

On that first trip, I even saw some of the last 500 (Asiatic) Lions ! Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.). I clearly needed a mammal book. It also covers Andaman, Nicobar and Laccadive islands.

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