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Munir Virani: O porquê de adorar abutres

Filmed May 2012 • Posted Nov 2012TED@Nairobi
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Como coletores naturais de lixo, os abutres são vitais para o nosso ecossistema -- então porque é que têm tão má fama? Porque é que há tantos em perigo de extinção? O biólogo de aves de rapina Munir Virani diz que precisamos de prestar mais atenção a estas criaturas únicas e incompreendidas, para mudarmos a nossa perceção e salvarmos os abutres.

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 Portuguese by Isabel M. Vaz Belchior
Reviewed by Paulo Duarte
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