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Learning to See in Uganda

Posted by Edward Readicker-Henderson of National Geographic Traveler on February 28, 2013
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The diminutive (and elusive) malachite kingfisher. (Photograph by Edward Readicker-Henderson)

When the boat starts to rock, I’m not entirely reassured when the guide says, “Don’t worry. Just a hippo trying to come up under us.” Right. No big deal. We’re about to capsize in the middle of a herd of twenty hippos, spread across the river like fat, warm rocks, because one of them understands…