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My hair is done in this autumn's hottest style, as you can see.
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Now, I am actually a Pink-backed pelican, to be exact. See?
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No? Okey. Hang on. Can you see the pink now? They should have named us pink under-winged pelican, really.
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Anyway, let me introduce some of my fellow creatures here in Longleat.
First, there are the wallabies.
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Oh my, I think she's rolling her eyes at me.
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Oh well, that's Australians for you. Let's introduce the birds first. There's guinea fowl.
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Pretty, eh?
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White-backed vulture. There is actually a whole venue of them (venue being the collective word for a group of vultures - except when they are circling in the air and they are called a kettle of vultures!)
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The rest of the birds in the area are endemic to Britain. We'll come back to them later.
Moving on, we have warthogs...
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Everyone seems a little sleepy at mid-day.
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...screaming camels...
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...calm camels...
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Camels looking at....
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...a rhinoceros.
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Then there's the tigers...
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...and the lions. Lions are by far the most relaxed animals I know. Easy for them to be relaxed as they don't have any natural predators!
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Roll on good times...
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Now, this one is just showing off.
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There are two prides in Longleat in two separate enclosures. Let's see if the other pride is more active.
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Hmmm, well, I guess one could say so. Swiftly moving on, here are the birds I mentioned earlier. A swan in flight.
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Great crested grebe.
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Grey heron.
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And another swan.
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There are a few others still... hold on...