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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds. 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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