The Economics of the Ivory Trade
Category: africa
The ethics of a legal trade in African ivory.
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Hairless Racoon

In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: africa
The ethics of a legal trade in African ivory.
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Category: gorilla
125,000 western lowland gorillas discovered in remote Congolese jungles, more than doubling the population.
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Category: africa
Hippos like to lick crocodiles. WTF?!
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Category: Crocodiles
Leopard ambushing and wrestling with a crocodile at Kruger National Park.
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Category: tiger
Welcome to the Death-Circus: Tiger Splash Park!
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Category: africa
A Maclaud's horseshoe bat (being held in a glove) poses for the ladies...For the first time, scientists photographed a Maclaud's horseshoe bat in the forests of Guinea in West Africa. These bats had not been seen in the wild in...
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Category: africa
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara-Anne......According to a new study from Cornell University, African electric fish engage in a dueling performance of electric pulses when in courtship. Scientists had known that the fish emitted electric signals to explore their surroundings and communicate sex and social...
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