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The neglected giraffe: world’s tallest animal in need of conservation assistance

The neglected giraffe: world’s tallest animal in need of conservation assistance

July 1, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Just two year’s before his assassination, Julius Caesar brought to Rome one of the world’s most astonishing living creatures: a giraffe. The animal was among Caesar’s spoils from his campaign in Egypt and according to the Roman writer, Dio, the giraffe, which was arguably the first to ever touch European soil, was paraded in the […]

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An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

April 15, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A fruit falls to the floor in a rainforest. It waits. And waits. Inside the fruit is a seed, and like most seeds in tropical forests, this one needs an animal—a good-sized animal—to move it to a new place where it can germinate and grow. But it may be waiting in vain. Hunting and poaching […]

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