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HOUBARA The Saudi Arabian Project
While the species has been able to survive a long tradition of falconry in Saudi Arabia, the widespread availability of modern fire-arms and ...
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UAE INTERACT ONLINE : NATURAL EMIRATES : INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS ...
Camel spiders are one of the fastest running arthropods. ... Camel spiders are nocturnal predators of other arthropods including scorpions and are voracious ...
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DISAPPEARING ACTS: nature's camouflage artists
Such an apparently conspicuous pattern hardly seemed to be a good basis for the magnificent camouflage had almost thwarted my photographic efforts. ...
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The Wildlands of Jordan's Dana
Wadi Dana, from which the reserve takes its name, cuts a deep gash in the Sharrah Mountains and, following a precipitous path from Dana village, ...
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UAE 1/2
A number of raptors winter in the area, including Sparrowhawks and Honey Buzzards (rare elsewhere in the Emirates), while Arabia's second Oriental Honey ...
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UAE MAKES EXTRA EFFORT TO PROTECT WILDLIFE
There still remains much to be done, both in terms of enhancing public awareness of the need to protect the environment and wildlife, and in terms of ...
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BAHRAIN
The Hawar Islands, 20 kms to the south-east of mainland Bahrain, form a rich and interesting area, topographically quite unlike that of the parent island. ...
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The Sultanate of OMAN
In the flat stony desert of central Oman live the famous Arabian oryx. ... Similarly, Jabal al Qamar to the west only enjoys monsoon mists and rains during ...
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MERMAIDS
Thus they became known as sea-cows, recognised as the beast that gave rise to the legendary mermaid and given the name Dugong dugon by the German taxonomist ...
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UAE INTERACT ONLINE : NATURAL EMIRATES : MAMMALS : - Arabian Leopard
Undoubtedly the most famous mammal of today is the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr ). The reason for its present fame is sadly, that it is on the ...
