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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

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It was founded as a safe place for refugees from the Mozambique Civil War , which ran from 1977 to 1992. But it wasn’t founded to serve as a refuge for human refugees, but animal ones, specifically elephants. But the wildlife and scenery was epic. A Foam-nest frog, which makes a nest in, you guessed it, foam!

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We Should Kill More Lions

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Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. With no permanent habitation inside its boundaries, human disturbance is low. I’m not even trolling (much).

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