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Nuts About Hornbills: A Fascinating Evolutionary Story
The extraordinary habit of the male, in plastering up the female with her egg, and feeding her during the whole time of incubation, and until the young one is fledged, is common to several of the large hornbills, and is one of those strange facts in natural history which are “stranger than fiction.” -Alfred Russel…
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Surprisingly Wonderful Newfoundland: OUR PLANET Geological History At Its Best
I WENT TO PHOTOGRAPH PUFFINS, BUT I ENDED UP WITH SO MUCH MORE “It’s the place where land, water and sky embrace like old friends”. -Newfoundland Saying At the beginning of 2012 I began looking for a destination for my next photo safari, after being in Africa the previous year I must confess it was…
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Can You Imagine a World Without Elephants, Tigers and Rhinos?
“When more robust animals were enabled, by means of humans and their boats, to reach the havens or backwaters that island birds were inhabiting, they wreaked havoc… with the greatest single threat coming from the most ruthless predator ever to emerge on this planet: Homo sapiens. Quite apart from hunting and harrying, the human capacity…
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The Mighty Elephant, the Real King of the Savanna
“The premature elimination of elephants over much of their range represents one of the most wasteful mammalian tragedies of the century” -Ian Douglas Hamilton, 1987 I’m closing these series of posts exactly one year after my unforgettable trip to the Masai Mara, and for the end I left the best, my absolute favorite animal, the…
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Giraffes The Gorgeous Blondes of the African Savanna
Watching a giraffe is like walking in New York or Chicago while looking in awe at those magnificent skyscrapers, but like skyscrapers against a bright sky, giraffes can be very tricky to photograph. They are too tall!! -P.C Giraffes are the tallest living animals on our planet, and their amazing height, combined with their peculiar…
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From Dik-Dik to Eland, there is an Antelope for Everything
“One of the most impressive aspects of the African wildlife experience is the presence of up to a dozen different antelopes in the same area. Yet it was by taking measures to minimize competition by becoming different species that such a diverse array of antelopes came to exist in the first place.” -Robert D. Estes,…