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Welcome to Issue 41






            06 Amazing Animals                 62  21 facts
                                                   about iguanas                    36
            12   Masters of the ocean              Everything you ever
                Discover the seals of the world    wanted to know about this
                                                   three-eyed lizard
            20  Capybaras
                The largest rodent on Earth    64  All about the
                                                    humpback whale
            26  Endangered!                         Discover the secrets of
                Find out why the Grauer’s           this gentle ocean giant
                gorilla is under threat
                                               72  Birds on the brink
            28  Aliens of the ocean                Find out what is being
                Take a look at some of the         done to protect the Javan
                strangest looking marine           green magpie
                sea slugs
                                               78  Wildlife of the
            34  Animal tracks                      Asian Steppes
                Eight of the coolest               Explore this incredible
                animal footprints                  wildlife habitat
            36  Extreme survivors              82  Zoos of the world
                Meet the top ten toughest          We speak to big cat specialist,
                animals on the planet              Giles Clark, about the future of

            44  Seahorses                          The Big Cat Sanctuary
                in numbers                     96  Bizarre! Komondor
                What makes these vertical           Meet the strange Hungarian
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               CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
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