Mamá elefante y su bebé - Parque Nacional Serengeti (Tanzania)
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Descendientes del mamut, estos paquidermos son unos peculiares animales que tienen muchísimas diferencias con otros animales.
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Unas curiosidades...¿Sabías que...?
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😳 Son unos grandes!! Son los mamíferos más grandes, tienen el cerebro más grande del mundo animal, los únicos que tienen cuatro rodillas y tienen el embarazo más largo!!
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😳 Son unos glotones! Comen ayudados por su tropa que tiene 100000 músculos, entre 100 y 300 kilos de comida al día y pueden beber hasta 350 litros de agua. Se pasan comiendo 16 horas al día.
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😳 Son unos juerguistas!! Duermen de pie y de 2 a 4 horas al día!!
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😳 Son adorables y cariñosos!!! Viven en manada, cuidan a sus crías, entierran a sus mayores, sienten y lloran.
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😳 Son unos presumidos!! Utilizan el lodo como protector solar y se reconocen en el espejo
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The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of large flightless bird native to certain large areas of Africa. It is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus Struthio in the ratite order of birds.
The common ostrich shares the order Struthioniformes with the kiwis, emus, rheas, and cassowaries. However, phylogenetic studies have shown that it is the sister group to all other members of Palaeognathae and thus the flighted tinamous are the sister group to the extinct moa. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs, and can run for a long time at a speed of 55 km/h (34 mph) or even up to about 70 km/h (43 mph), the fastest land speed of any bird.[8] The common ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest eggs of any living bird (extinct elephant birds of Madagascar and the giant moa of New Zealand laid larger eggs). #animalfacts#animalinformation#animals#ostrich#ostriches
UK COURT CASE: CHALLENGING IVORY BAN
On 16 October, a court case began where the UK's Ivory Act was challenged by an antiques lobby group – a company of antiques dealers and collectors called the Friends of Antique Cultural Treasures Ltd (FACT). The Ivory Act 2018 passed into UK law on 20 December 2018 and was hailed as a success by those groups who had pushed for the new law for many years – including rangers, African governments, conservation NGOs and others.
FACT argues that the Ivory Act is incompatible with European Law - which allows trade in pre-1947 ‘antique’ ivory.
Other claims include that the act infringes antiques dealers’ human rights by not letting them buy or sell ivory and that the Act will result in “substantial economic damage” to the industry.
Notably, less than 1% of annual sales in UK Auction Houses are from ivory.
In addition to the impact on animals around the world, the case raises some important political, social, economic, historic and cultural issues.
Judgement is set to be handed down on 31 October 2019. We will keep you updated of any developments in this regard.
More by the EIA here: https://eia-international.org/news/antiques-traders-are-in-the-high-court-this-week-seeking-to-quash-uks-landmark-ivory-act/
And by the Atiques Trade Gazette here: https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/high-court-judicial-review-government-does-not-have-to-prove-causal-link-between-antique-and-modern-ivory/
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