Word: bamboos
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Kids, of course, are less impressed by words than by the example of parents who don't spoil themselves: who admire a pearl necklace or bamboo fly rod--and could easily afford them--but decide instead to give more to the church, or add to the childrens' college fund, or send grandma on that trip she's always wanted to take...
...GOLDEN BAMBOO LEMUR HOME Madagascar POPULATION about 1,000 --Discovered in 1985 in the island's eastern rain forests, this bamboo eater is threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture around Ranomafana National Park...
...ALAOTRA BAMBOO LEMUR HOME Madagascar POPULATION fewer than 5,000 --Irrigation projects reduce water levels in its habitat on the shores of Madagascar's biggest lake, and local people cut the papyrus and reeds on which it feeds