Word: hartebeest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...soon was chosen for the Kenyan Olympic team. In Mexico, he won his heat in unspectacular time, displaying an awkward style that made purists prickle. In the final, he was 30 yds. behind the leaders with one lap to go. Suddenly, Amos Biwott, 21, took off like a hartebeest in a bush fire, hitting the front on the last turn and thereby becoming one of the least-expected winners in Olympic history...
...food. Croze argues that the real reason is a destructive urge born of overcrowding. Other scientists believe that, as elephants are driven into the park for refuge, their overall number is decreasing. In Uganda, elephants in overcrowded parks have begun to develop heart conditions because of stress. The hartebeest population in Nairobi National Park is growing so fast that males must fight frequently for territory, thus disrupting their feeding habits. Even worse, because the national parks are not ecological units, there is no balance between food and animal number, predator and prey...