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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait. Found in the frozen forests near Russia’s border with Korea, the cats are feared to have just 30 members left in the wild. The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

10,000 Birds

The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* Read on, dear reader, and you will be sure to find out! The second obstacle was to find a specific location where Fratercula cirrhata is regularly seen.

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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

10,000 Birds

Presumably, the Natal Spurfowl thinks the Kruger Park is good habitat, with all the big animals around – the HBW remarks (with a slight hint of disapproval) that the species forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung. The bird … … and the dung provider. Kind of like Dresden, I guess.

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