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A shy penguin wins New Zealand’s bird election after a campaign full of memes and tattoos | CNN

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Wellington, New Zealand (AP) – Loud, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year. A yellow-eyed penguin won the country’s hotly contested bird election on Monday, giving supporters of the endangered bird hope that recognition from its victory could spark a revival for the species. It followed a campaign for the annual Bird … Read more

He left his life in the US to run camels in the UAE. Now she hopes to inspire other women to follow in her footsteps CNN

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CNN – Straining every fiber to stay atop a 1,000-pound camel that’s throwing up sand two meters below him as he runs at more than 40 kilometers (24 miles) per hour, Taylor Dees is far from Texas. It’s about 12,700 kilometers (7,890 miles) from her hometown of Moulton to the Saudi Arabian city of Taif, … Read more