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January 2008

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30 January 2008
Africa
Ethiopia

Ethiopia, 2008 Trip Report

The Simien Mountains are a quite remote and scenically stunning national park in northern Ethiopia. They are home to good numbers of Gelada Baboons, a few Ethiopian Wolves and the

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10 January 2008
Africa

Not One but Six Giraffe Species Geneticists Say (maybe)…

This is quite interesting though I think the jury is still be firmly out on whether there are in fact more than one species of Giraffe http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/715

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7 January 2008
Australasia

Picture of a Wombat at home

Ben Phillips, a mate of mine in Australia sent me this great picture of a Wombat which he saw when he was camping near Goulburn (NSW) over Xmas.

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4 January 2008
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The Mammal Watching Blog

In 2005 I set up www.mammalwatching.com to provide information on where and how to see the world’s 5,000 or so mammals in the wild. I’ve started this accompanying blog

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Offset your Greenhouse Gases when you fly - and protect Gola Rainforest

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Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. I’ve also lived and worked in London, Canberra, Paris and Lusaka, and visited almost 120 countries.

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