9 of the Strangest Royal Pets in History
T hough the most widely known royal pets may be Queen Elizabeth II’s brigade of Pembroke Welsh Corgis, the late monarch’s ...
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King, koalas, conservation: The extraordinary story of John and Elizabeth Gould
It was a Nubian giraffe, a diplomatic gift from the Egyptian pasha Muhammad Ali. The first giraffe to arrive in London had died in 1805 just three weeks after landing so the arrival of George IV ...
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A bold plan to save Africa’s shrinking giraffe herds
Population growth, livestock overgrazing, and climate change are pushing pastoralists and farmers into wildlands and giraffe habitat. Meanwhile the population of Nubian giraffes, found mostly in ...
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Top 10 Safari Parks in Africa
The park is home to the endangered Rothschild Giraffes (also Uganda giraffe or Nubian giraffe). To the south of the park is the Budongo chimpanzee forest. The park is in some places tsetse fly high ...
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Today in Hip-Hop History: Brand Nubian Dropped Their Second LP ‘In God We Trust’ 32 Years Ago
On this day in 1993, Brand Nubian released their sophomore album, In God We Trust, on Elektra Records—following up their five-mic classic, All for One. With Grand Puba having embarked on a solo ...