Kenya: Why the Flamingos Are Moving to Amboseli

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Kenya: Why the Flamingos Are Moving to Amboseli

[Nation] It's a new dawn with climate change and Amboseli's got a fresh look with flamingos everywhere under the gaze of Kilimanjaro's snow-capped peak. The ubiquitous dust pans and spiralling dust devils are absent. Instead it's lush and green with water shimmering in the distance. Amboseli - derived from the Maa word 'empusel' for 'salty dusty place' - looks very different with the phenomenal rains.

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