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« Reply #48 on: May 26, 2011, 12:41:08 AM » |
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 A young ostrich eats in its enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany
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« Reply #49 on: May 26, 2011, 12:41:19 AM » |
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 A newborn Galah, or rose-breasted cockatoo, looks out of a box in Gross Schauen, Germany |
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« Reply #50 on: May 26, 2011, 12:41:26 AM » |
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 A rose ringed parakeet looks out of its nest in a tree in Hyde Park, London. Numbers of the non-native birds have grown to an estimated 32,000 in the South East of England alone. It is believed that the birds originally populated the area after being released as unwanted pets. |
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« Reply #51 on: May 26, 2011, 12:41:35 AM » |
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 The red kite was once on the brink of extinction, but now the bird of prey is once again soaring over the British countryside. Part time nature photographer Gareth Scanlon captured the birds play-fighting in mid-air from his back garden in Brynnamman in Carmarthenshire, Wales... |
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« Reply #52 on: May 26, 2011, 12:41:45 AM » |
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 ...Kites were once considered a pest in Great Britain and by the 18th Century humans had wiped them out in England and Scotland. Only in Wales did they cling on to life - with a few breeding pairs surviving in remote parts of mid-Wales by the late 1970s. The success story of the Welsh red kites rests on the survival of one female that lived in Wales during that period. Today, all 600 breeding pairs that now live in Wales are descended from this single bird. Red kites in England and Scotland have been reintroduced from Germany, France and Spain, with an estimated 700 breeding pairs of red kites in England and 130 pairs in Scotland. |
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« Reply #53 on: May 26, 2011, 12:41:56 AM » |
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 Two-year-old green sea turtle Sea Biscuit, with her front left flipper missing, swims past senior aquarist Marina Tsamoulos at Oceanworld Manly, north of Sydney. Sea Biscuit was rescued by Oceanworld staff in 2009 and was so badly injured when washed ashore that she lost her front left flipper. She has been handraised by Tsamoulos and has learnt to dive and swim with her remaining three flippers. World Turtle Day will be celebrated on May 23Go to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>> |
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