Hunting Livestock Monkeys Species 
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2013
This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. Photo by Adam Riley.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). Their fragile homes, meager belongings and scant livestock attested to this, and yet the people seemed content with their lot in life. Yellow-billed Stork.
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