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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

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You might think that birds don’t change the world, birds are the world – but by his odd title, Ten Birds That Changed the World, author Stephen Moss means, he says, that birds have, in various ways, led to “paradigm shifts” in human history. Hundreds of millions of sparrows were killed, almost to the point of extinction.

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Situation Critical for Zimbabwe Wildlife

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War and chaos is bad for everyone, human and non-human. In Zimbabwe, activists claim impoverished Zimbabweans are killing elephants and eating them. Tags: bush meat poaching zimbabwe wildlife. Out-of-control poaching is apparently wiping out all sort of wildlife, including hippos.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. to the far reaches of freezing Siberia.

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