Often see videos of people getting close to hippo. I see it IRL too. A quick visual reminder of why it's best to keep your distance...

I saw this earlier. It's not news to most of us I'm sure but it never hurts to reinforce the fact that our "usual" world view is very wrong! I don't know the source so apologies for reusing without credit

Continuing a run of fantastic guests, the @uniofglos @uglosbioscience module Wildlife Crime was joined by @UniofOxford @DanChallender to talk about pangolins, illegal trade and solutions. It was a fascinating session- thanks Dan!

Pot of gold in this case is a local school - pretty sure this rainbow ends at the science labs

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Some room for optimism regarding rhino, but the overall increase is still set against a background of intense poaching spilling out from SA into Namibia & Botswana. Private rhino owners bear a huge and often unacknowledged cost for antipoaching measures
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023...

Some room for optimism here regarding rhino, but the overall increase is still set against a background of intense poaching spilling out from SA into Namibia & Botswana. Private rhino owners bear a huge and often unacknowledged cost for antipoaching measures
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023...

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