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Pythons swallow deer population

CHINESE conservationists say the rapid breeding of protected pythons in a nature reserve in south China's Hainan Province has endangered a rare deer species there. Both conservationists and researchers aren't... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Jun 03 2009

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