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The Queen

10,000 Birds

Yet I realize banding is a very valuable tool, and gives us information we could not otherwise gather. The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo. The grand old bird became a surrogate mother, and raised them herself. And to prove it, there’s The Queen.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia watches him in half-amusement, then raises and gives a low, bull-like roar, provoking the lapwings to an excited screech, makes a few steps and lies down. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. The other two are motionless.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. Crows from the remote Pacific island of New Caledonia show incredibly high-level skills when they make and use tools. As we all know, dogs are “man’s best friend.”

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