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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

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The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups. Ba’Aka people are among the most well-known representatives of an ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Other primates include Chimpanzee and Putty-nosed Monkey, several duiker antelope species, etc.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

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Researchers comparing these traits across groups of closely related species – parrots, tits, sparrows, darwins finches etc – find no general correlation between neophobia and exploration. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. sort of “bland&# diet (e.g.

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