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March 1996

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Features

Snatching scientific secrets from the hippo's gaping jaws

Deep inside Tanzania's Ruaha National Park, biologist William Barklow sounds out the complexities of "river horse" communication

Fabergé Winter-Egg

Fabergé's Labor of Love: A Case of Cherchez la Femme

After a spectacular collection was given to a Paris museum, the story emerged of how a princess kept the flame of love burning

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