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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. A Konso village perched atop a terraced hill. This tribe is famed for the incredible lip plates that the women wear.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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If the animal then touches or investigates the mark, it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as an image of itself, rather than of another animal. If it is, then waterboarding should be protected as US-American culture. When the animal recovers from the anesthetic, it is given access to a mirror.

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