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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

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” He continues to describe how the introduction of sheep to Australia affected both the Aborigines and the Long-billed Corella : “They once ate murnong, a daisy whose tubers sustained Aboriginal people, until the sheep of the squatters grubbed it up, bringing ‘deprivation, abuses and miseries’, as one missionary wrote. .”

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Ningaloo Reef

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Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia is one of the premier marine wildlife destinations in the world. The carefully managed ecotourism industry this attracts, and the intact reefs (especially compared to the unfolding tragedy on the other side of Australia) make it a must do destination. Needless to say it’s amazing and exhausting!One

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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A lot of destinations were mentioned, with Central and South America leading the way, New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia appearing only at the middle of the list, and African countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar) lagging at the end of the list.

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Australian Animal Rights Campaign to Help Calves

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Animals Australia has a video on its website showing calves being roughly dragged off utes and thrown to the ground. Dairy Australia commissioned a blood-test study which showed that calves deteriorated after 24 hours off feed, she said.

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Animal Research Booming in State of Victoria

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Dr Wirth said animal testing was increasing, with Victoria doing more research than any other state. Tags: australia animal experimentation animal research. "The selling of dogs from the pound for this purpose is morally wrong. They are owned by somebody," he said.

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Autumn colours

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In the north of Australia we also have changing colours, but it is not the foliage that changes. Here is a little test-there are 6 species of shorebird in the photo-can you identify them? Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 21st, 2011 at 5:15 am @ Jochen-thanks! Get yours today! Very well done! Beautiful post again.

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Buff-sided Robin

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Although it is only 117 kilometres (73 miles) to Timber Creek we were driving slowly and not at the Northern Territory speed limit of 130 km/hr, which is the highest in Australia.For some years in the past the speed was “unlimited” and was a testing ground for new fast cars!

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