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Wildebeest

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 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭 are 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 of the 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 and native to 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.There are 𝐭𝐰𝐨 species of wildebeest: the 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭 and the 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭 . Wildebeest inhabit the 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 and 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 of 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 of the 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚. The 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭 is native to the 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of the continent.The 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭 is native to 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. Its range includes 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚, 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐰𝐞, 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐄𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢 and 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐚. In males,𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭 stand 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐜𝐦 tall at the shoulder and weigh around 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐤𝐠, while the 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭 stands 𝟏𝟏𝟏–𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐜𝐦 tall and weighs about 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝐤𝐠. In f...

Photographing Pelicans at Lake Kerkini

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 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐢 lies in 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞, close to the borders with 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 and 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚.The place offers some of the best 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 opportunities in Europe.𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 was established in 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔. There are 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟎𝟎 different bird species in the area. The 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 inhabitant is the 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧.𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐬) are the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 members of the pelican family.While it is possible to photograph the Dalmatian pelicans all year round, it is the 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 that provide the most dramatic photographic options. Be it 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬,𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 or 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 in the 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 of 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 or 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭,Lake Kerkini is the best place to visit for photographing Dalmatian Pelicans.

Jane Goodall

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 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐁𝐄 is an 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 and 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭. She is considered the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 on 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐞𝐬, after 𝟔𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. She was born in 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒 in 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧. On 𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎, Goodall went to 𝐆𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤.Goodall studied 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 and 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 beginning with the 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 in 𝐆𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, in 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎. Goodall's research at Gombe Stream challenged 𝐭𝐰𝐨 long-standing beliefs of the day: that 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, and that 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬.Goodall set herself...

Importance of Wildlife Conservation

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We all are familiar with a term called 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.But why is it important? Below are three main reasons why it's important to conserve wildlife- 𝟏) 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  Several species of 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬,𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬 and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 help in 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.While they feed on 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫 from flowers , 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 get stuck on their bodies,which later fall on various places when the bird,bee or insect moves, resulting in the growth of trees. 𝟐) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲  If humans fail to conserve wildlife and natural habitats, it would lead to the 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 causing 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.  𝟑) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞  The people living around the forest areas and natural ecosystems always depend on these resources for their livel...