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Where the World’s Only Grass-Eating Monkeys Thrive
Admassu Getaneh marches past flowering herbs and thick grass along the edge of a plateau in the central Ethiopian Highlands. Morning sun glints off his Kalashnikov rifle. At his feet basalt ...
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Community perceptions of grivet monkey crop depredation in the Ethiopian Highlands: implications for primate conservation
The Ethiopian Highlands in northern Ethiopia, home to the grivet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops), once consisted of large forested areas. This region has been severely denuded and now exhibits only ...
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Wolf seen licking ‘red hot poker’ plant shows new behavior for predators, study says
In the Ethiopian highlands, researchers documented what may be the first and only known example of a large meat-eating predator regularly indulging in nectar, nature’s sweet treat. This unusual ...
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Ethiopia & Nubia
The Ethiopian branch of Christianity first emerged in the kingdom of Aksum in the northern corner of the Ethiopian highlands. The person who introduced Christianity to Aksum is said to be ...