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Sep.BBC Wildlife No. 10 Vol. 41 THE COVER US photographer Suzi Eszterhas took this image of a Hoffman’s two-fingered sloth mother and baby after they were released from a rescue centre. “They were very calm with people, so I was able to get this eye-level shot of them, content to be back in the forest home” she says. Suzi used a Canon EOS-1D X, 70-200mm, 1/30th sec at f6.3, ISO3200. The mysteries of the western lowland gorilla are revealed 58 ; / G E T T Y I L L A DAV I S : LU I N S ; P E N G U I L L E N S K : A N DY I L L A G O R E N G L A N D : F O R E S T RY ; E AG L E I N S P E R K S H E L LY BY I O N I L LU S T R AT Every month, only in BBC Wildlife NICK BAKER “I have a childhood memory of my first one – a monster of a thing scuttling over a sea wall” P.34 GILLIAN BURKE “It’s shocking how many people still believe that there’s a ticking human population timb-bomb” P.1 5 MARK CARWARDINE The conservationist looks behind recent headlines about killer whales attacking small boats in Europe P.29 LUCY COOKE “The power of the bonobo sisterhood allows them to dominate the bigger males” P.25 MIKE DILGER From pilot to minke and humpback, UK shores host myriad whales, says the naturalist P.30 BBC WILDLIFE September 2023 6
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08 Wild Times Catch up with all the latest developments and discoveries 30 How to see whales in the UK An impressive array of cetaceans swim by our shores – don’t miss the action! 34 Hidden Britain A giant woodlouse found on damp, rocky coastlines 40 Cover feature: safe space One Costa Rican town is lending homeless sloths a helping hand 50 Photo opportunity Learning camera skills is fostering a love of nature in young South Africans 56 The Wildlife Photography Awards Enter our new competition for the chance to win a trip to Belize 58 Gorilla adventure in the Congo Wildlife photographer Andy Skillen goes in search of western lowland gorillas 66 Protecting wildlife in the high seas Global leaders have signed a landmark new treaty to safeguard offshore waters 72 Chough comeback in Kent The iconic corvid has been reintroduced to the White Cliffs of Dover DON’T MISS... ...news of the first whitetailed eagle chick to fledge in England for 240 years Page 12 Adélie penguins should benefit from a new high seas treaty 66 DiscoverMORE Africa’s flora and fauna depicted in a new book, p88 82 Q&A Why don’t birds have teeth? 88 Go Wild Wildlife artist Shelly Perkins’ new book is filled with beautiful depictions of wild Africa 91 Crossword Plus Spot the Difference 92 Photo Club This month’s competition 96 Your Letters Join the debate 98 Tales from the Bush A risky mission to save a badger from floodwater in Worcestershire discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 7

Sep.BBC Wildlife No. 10 Vol. 41

THE COVER US photographer Suzi Eszterhas took this image of a Hoffman’s two-fingered sloth mother and baby after they were released from a rescue centre. “They were very calm with people, so I was able to get this eye-level shot of them, content to be back in the forest home” she says. Suzi used a Canon EOS-1D X, 70-200mm, 1/30th sec at f6.3, ISO3200.

The mysteries of the western lowland gorilla are revealed 58

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Every month, only in BBC Wildlife

NICK BAKER

“I have a childhood memory of my first one – a monster of a thing scuttling over a sea wall” P.34

GILLIAN BURKE

“It’s shocking how many people still believe that there’s a ticking human population timb-bomb” P.1 5

MARK CARWARDINE

The conservationist looks behind recent headlines about killer whales attacking small boats in Europe P.29

LUCY COOKE

“The power of the bonobo sisterhood allows them to dominate the bigger males” P.25

MIKE DILGER

From pilot to minke and humpback, UK shores host myriad whales, says the naturalist P.30

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