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The Australian brushturkey, aka Australian brush-turkey, gweela, bush turkey, scrub turkey, or brushturkey, hails from eastern Australia. They can be found in Far North Queensland, the south coast of New South Wales, and has been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. These birds face the threat of habitat loss […]

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The mountain gazelle, aka true gazelle or the Palestine mountain gazelle, hails from Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Turkey. These gazelles face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments; roads and railroads, that can result in habitat fragmentation and vehicle strike (being hit […]

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The ocellated turkey can be found in the Yucatán Peninsula, in Mexico; as well as in parts of Guatemala and Belize in just a 50,000 square mile range. They prefer tropical evergreen forests, open habitats like grasslands, savannahs, shrublands, and abandoned farmlands. Due to the threats of habitat loss at […]

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Gobbling its way into today’s Thanksgiving article, we have the turkey. This bird was made famous, in part, by Benjamin Franklin, who stated not that the turkey should be the nation’s bird, but rather that he felt it more noble than the bald eagle. Each year around 46 million unfortunate […]

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