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...half billion humans who relentlessly press their dominance on every corner of the natural world. Indeed, much of modern wildlife conservation has been built around the idea, pushed by the naturalist George Schaller, of promoting "charismatic megafauna" - awe-inspiring star animals, like the Siberian tiger or the African rhino, the species that draw crowds to zoos. The thinking is that by getting the public to support the protection of these animals, the wildlife that exists beneath them - the sort of animals most of us would pass on the way to see the elephants - would gain protection as well...
...political news is sky-high, and new and old media each need the other to supply material and drive attention. What's happening instead is a kind of melding of roles. Old and new media are still symbiotic, but it's getting hard to tell who's the rhino and who's the tickbird...
...Kaziranga: This World Heritage Site and park in the northeastern state of Assam is home to one of the subcontinent's rarest animals. Visitors to Kaziranga ride on elephant-back to catch a glimpse of the one-horned Indian rhino, an animal once nearly hunted into extinction but now making a comeback; afterward, they head off in search of Kaziranga's other attractions, which include bison and wild boar. Three on-site resorts offer accommodation in the form of tent camps, rooms or cottages. www.kaziranganationalpark.com...
...almost all the settings that could reasonably allow the wearing of safari items—going on safaris, for instance—also make the wearing of bright colors unwise. Some fashionista on a trip to Africa to adopt an underprivileged baby is going to get charged by a rhino sooner or later, and it’s going to be all Michael’s fault. 1. “Those are terrible penalties.” In the penultimate episode of Season Three, Tim Gunn visited each of the contestants at home to talk about their backgrounds...
...Indonesian Army had asked Rhino Buggies to make a military version of the Blizzard (it wants to buy 100): "They liked the fact that they're really easy to work on and parts are easy to come by," says Watson. Some Australian ex-soldiers saw the prototype and, he recalls, said, "'Can you build us a panic truck?' 'What's that?' 'You know, if anything goes down, you can panic, get in it and go.'" So into a camouflage-painted Blizzard went a GPS navigation system, two-way radio, radar, spaces for food, water, fuel and a nuclear-biological-chemical...