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March 13th 2016 A couple of weekends ago Elizabeth and I ventured into the Jaldapara National Park. To get there we road a train through the neck of Bengal, sliding in between Bhutan and Bangladesh. There, we went in search of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros. And sure enough—we found it! Unlike the tigers, the rhinos were out in force. Well, I suppose rhinos are always forceful. But they were out in numbers. W
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