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Odd Friendships

4 The Love Of Animals

National Geographic Channel’s upcoming show, Unlikely Animal Friends, will bring you stories about Christian the Lion and his humans, a baby hippo and a giant tortoise, a lioness and a baby oryx, an orangutan and a hound dog and more! A baby hippo chooses a giant tortoise as a surrogate parent. UNLIKELY ANIMAL FRIENDS.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. This sleek, stunningly patterned cat was a formidable hunting subject, and in its cunning sometimes ended up hunting and killing the hunter. to the far reaches of freezing Siberia. They live for up to 100 years.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

10,000 Birds

None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. Fortunately, the authors’ website, Roving Tortoise Photos , gives attribution for 55 photos from this book, so I can say that all three authors are indeed incredible photographers.

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