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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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And so, injunctions were granted and lifted, granted and lifted, over the course of more than a decade; during one busy period in 1982, the official stance on killing the goats changed five times in two months. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces.

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My Favorite Release

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That kicked off our One-Eyed Project – we fly and test all one-eyed raptors, and it continues to this day.”. “I’ve Of course there are some that have been so miserable in captivity that I couldn’t wait for them to be gone.”. Biologists are trying to get them to adopt nest boxes, but no luck with the CA birds so far.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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Of course, this raptor pattern baldness exists for a good reason, which is another of the distasteful aspects of vulturine biology. In the 70s, with the survival of the species in jeopardy, the entire wild population was captured and brought into a captive breeding program in southern California. Vultures famously feed on carrion.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

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Azure-winged Magpies fail to pass the mirror test, a test commonly used to determine self-recognition. While the source does not say so directly, it hints that this means the species is not as intelligent as Eurasian Magpies (which pass the test). A bit like being adopted, I guess. But then, who can be sure? salvadori ).”

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