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Hippos are extremely dangerous to humans, killing an average of 2900 people per year in Africa. But it’s even worse for fish! When it rains, tons of hippo poop from hippopotamus pools washes down rivers, killing loads of fish! Death by hippo poop sounds so undignified. At least other animals get to eat easy fish dinners!
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Did you ever wonder how far you could travel through the ocean, in a straight line, before you hit land? If you set sail from Pakistan and never adjusted course, you’d pass between Africa and Madagascar, then between Antarctica and Tierra Del Fuego in South America, and finally end up in Russia nearly 20,000 miles later!
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7 year-old Montannah Kenney is getting ready to take on a mountain. She and her mom, Hollie, will attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. She hopes to become the youngest female ever to climb Kilimanjaro. Keats Boyd, also 7, was the youngest male to complete the feat.
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River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is an infection caused by parasitic worms that affects 25 million people, mostly in Africa. New technology for smartphones can help treat it by turning the camera into a microscope. The Laoscope can analyze a drop of blood and automatically identify if it is infected. Quick treatment prevents blindness!
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