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Where are the most wild camels?

Very few camels have survived in the wild. And most of them are in Australia. At one time, they helped to develop the vast desert territories of the fifth continent - about 5 million km². Now there are 600-800 thousand camels. These animals cause significant damage to the ecology of Australia, destroying the ecological balance of the deserts.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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Is it true that the nightingale only sings at night?

Poets have not dedicated as many lines to any bird as to a nightingale. His singing is considered the most beautiful, and no one has yet been able to describe it well enough. By the way, the first attempt to do this belongs to the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes! According to the poets, the nightingale sings only at night at almost any time of the year. But it's not. The nightingale is a migratory bird, and in England, for example, its singing can only be heard from mid-April to mid-June. The nightingale does not fly to Ireland, Wales or Scotland.

In continental Europe, nightingales are especially numerous in the south, and they reach Iran, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Algeria and Ghana in western Africa. Only male nightingales sing. His song is an expression of courtship for his girlfriend, who sits silently on a bush or tree somewhere nearby.

The singing of the nightingale can be heard day and night, but during the day it is not very audible because of the voices of other birds. The nightingale sings until the female hatches the chicks. Then he falls silent so as not to attract enemies to the nest. He is always on the alert and makes short exclamations that tell his girlfriend that all is well, or warn of danger.

Although the nightingale sings the most beautiful songs, its plumage is very plain. Males and females are very similar to each other - a reddish-brown back and a dull gray-white abdomen.

The nightingale's nest has a somewhat unusual appearance. It is located directly on the ground or low above it. Outside, the nest consists of vertically arranged leaves. In the middle of this structure is a deep bowl-shaped depression, neatly lined with fibers from the roots of plants. It is built fragile and can be destroyed from one touch. It contains four to six dark olive eggs.

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