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The Crocodile Safari (Botswana)

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A few paddle strokes down the river and on the right bank there were four Impala antelopes ( Aepyceros melampus ). nubicoides ) using them as a high viewpoint to hunt dragonflies. The gentleman living on a farm by the Ngotwane Dam said ‘A croc took my dog, right there!’. Vervet Monkey c. How can I not be? Cape Wagtail 2.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Useful species were ones you could eat, or hunt, or preferably both, which is why New Zealand had several species of deer, the alpine goat-antelopes known as the Chamois and the Himalayan Tahr introduced.

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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We were able to spend hours sitting right in amongst super-groups of 500-600 Geladas that just carried on with their daily business in total oblivion to our presence. In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Jinx Warbler Vanquished

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A dirt road lead off to the right, past a sign for a gun club. I got out of the car, climbed a small hill where the shooting benches were and realized I was looking at a fabulous patch of habitat for a great gray owl to hunt. The day shift, hunting the meadow. I gazed at the bird, its eyes looking right through me.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Early morning is of course birding prime time and a pre-breakfast stroll around our lodge produced sightings of the lovely Orange-bellied Parrot , which we tracked down to a nesting hole right next to the restaurant. A long bearded D’Brazza’s Monkey was gorging on figs along the Mago River. Mursi woman. A Mursi woman in full regalia.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

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We sailed right into a group of more than a dozen Hoatzins (cover photo, by Tyler Ficker) with their orange mohawks and blue facial skin. Because of that, the bird has a manure-like odour and is only hunted by humans for food in times of dire need” [ Source ]. Later, we would be seeing dolphins every day. Photo by Juan Carlos.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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But if we want to continue to throw a monkey-wrench into this all too cut and dried scenario, there’s also the fact that the Old World vultures had a foothold in North America up until the Neogene about 2.5 And when you think about it, that seems right. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds.