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Nature's Perfect Partners

How Do Hippos Get Clean?

When it comes to skin care, hippos need a little help. Unable to pick up a stick and scratch their own backs, they’ve gone into partnership with a fish called the barbell. Barbells nibble away all the ticks and parasites and on a hippo's skin. ...

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Nature's Perfect Partners

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"Nature’s Perfect Partners" travels around the world to profile an array of animals who have joined forces.

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India's Wandering Lions

Asiatic Lion Fact Sheet

We typically associate lions with Africa and with good reason. Of the roughly 20,000 lions left in the wild, almost all are found in Africa. With one notable exception: the Asiatic lions of the Gir forest. The Asiatic lion (panthera leo persica) is similar in ...

India's Wandering Lions

Lion Cubs Playing with Mom and Dad

Half a mile from an Indian village, two cow-killing male lions rest in the shade. A lioness approaches with several small cubs. In order to help spread their genes, male lions will often kill cubs that aren't part of their direct bloodline. However, these males ...

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India's Wandering Lions

Lion Caught on Infrared Camera

In the dead of night, a big male lion appears near an Indian village to reclaim his kill from earlier in the day. Villagers rush to the scene, but instead of confronting this deadly predator, they celebrate his arrival. The black and white images were ...

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India's Wandering Lions

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As India’s population booms, her legendary wildlife has been squeezed almost out of existence. But the commitment of the Indian people to preserve their wildlife is surprising – leading even to bringing back what has been lost. Against a backdrop of teak forest, farmland and ...

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