Posted by Elsje Geringer on Monday, September 21, 2009,
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Wildlife
The Real Crocodile Dundee Chito
made friends with the croc after finding him with a gunshot wound on
the banks of the Central American state's Parismina river 20 years ago.
He had been shot in the left eye by a cattle farmer and was close to death. But Chito enlisted the help of several pals to load the massive reptile into his boat.
He says: "When I found Pocho in the river he was dying, so I brought him into my house". "He was very skinny, weighing only around 150lb I gave him chicken and f... Continue reading ...
Posted by Elsje Geringer on Monday, September 21, 2009,
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Wildlife
How amazing are these pics? The amazing shots were taken after months of painstaking planning by wildlife photographer Kim Taylor. They are so detailed you can even see the night creatures slurping from the pool with their little pink tongues. Kim, 76, rigged ropes across the pond
which encouraged the bats to drink from a certain point. Then, using
special sensors designed by himself, he managed to get the perfect
shots.
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Posted by Elsje Geringer on Monday, September 21, 2009,
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Wildlife
These pictures – taken by Mike Hollingshead in Squaw Creek National
Wildlife Refuge near Mound City, Missouri – show one of nature's most
amazing displays as more than a million snow geese stop for a rest
during their annual migration. Every autumn the snow geese head from their main breeding grounds in
central Canada to their wintering grounds in the Gulf of Mexico. The
noisy birds migrate in unusually large flocks of 100 to 1,000 that are
made up of many family groups.Read more:www.dail... Continue reading ...
