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The Elusive GUIANAN TROGON: A Serendipitous Backyard Encounter

10,000 Birds

The GUIANAN TROGON , quickly became my “white whale”, the symbol of an elusive dream that I could not quite grasp, but little did I know, the moment I had been yearning for was waiting for me … much closer to home. The pair was industriously hollowing out a nest in an old abandoned ant nest on the branch of a Mango tree.

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To bird or not to bird…

10,000 Birds

He gets a good look of the little whales too, but everybody else on the ferry is seemingly unaware of the spectacle. The site consists of the revitalised wastewater treatment ponds of an abandoned sugar mill with shrubs and small patches of forest. They are probably hunting for herring or some other hapless little fish.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. A Grateful Whale. Photo by Flickker Photos.

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The race to bigness

Sales and Marketing Management

SMM: That conjures up a quote in your book from Dropbox founder Drew Houston who said of his accelerated growth, “It’s like harpooning a whale. The good news is you’ve harpooned a whale. And the bad news is you’ve harpooned a whale!” If you’re going blitzscale, you’ve got to be ready for the consequences.

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