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Munir Virani: Perché adoro gli avvoltoi

Filmed May 2012 • Posted Nov 2012TED@Nairobi
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Collettori naturali di immondizia, gli avvoltoi sono vitali per il nostro ecosistema -- allora perché questa pessima fama? Perché così tanti sono a rischio di estinzione? Il biologo esperto di rapaci Munir Virani dice che dobbiamo prestare più attenzione a queste creature uniche e incomprese, per cambiare la nostra percezione e salvare gli avvoltoi.

Munir Virani is a raptor biologist and wildlife photographer, and Director of the Peregrine Fund Africa Program, devoted to conserving birds of prey. Full bio »

Translated into Italian by Anna Cristiana Minoli
Reviewed by Elena Montrasio
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