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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. But hedgehogs? To control the rabbit a new wave of species were brought here, and much like the song about the woman eating the spider to get the fly it didn’t end well. Greenfinches?

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

This lioness remained hidden from these zebras in the long grass until she felt they were close enough for the charge. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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