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The Big Story : Botswana
Sep 19, 2010 12:00 AM | By Bobby Jordan
Bobby Jordan finds a thrill at every turn during a wine safari on the Chobe
From the roof comes the professor’s cry: “Red-billed ox-pecker on the left! Make that two ox-peckers!”
A flotilla of hippo ears stalks us through the mud as our boat lurches to starboard in pursuit of smaller prey.
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