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Swimming with dolphins

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Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. Dolphins are basically just smart sharks that breath air. Like I said, at least the sharks are honest in their sharky ways. Which has always mystified me slightly.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

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There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. The proposal from U.S.

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Tiritiri Matangi Island

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There are also a number of Takahe , one of which, named Greg, has learnt that humans equal food, and will hang around the day visitors in the hope of a snack. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Get yours today! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

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Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. So the human equivalent of frog in a bowl might be. So assaying exploratory tendency in humans. Humans can probably just find their own little place to thrive.

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