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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

10,000 Birds

The relevant numbers involving cats, the people that cherish them, and the birds (and small mammals and reptiles) that they kill are all too large to mean much; you might as well use the funny word “gazillions.” Marra and Chris Santella, authors of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer (Princeton University Press, 212 pp.,

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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

10,000 Birds

Spotted skink ( Oligosoma lineoocellatum ), one of the island’s many reptiles The west coast of Matiu / Somes with New Zealand flax ( Phornium ) and a cabbage tree ( Cordyline australis ). Red-crowned Parakeet foraging near a New Zealand Fur Seal. I’ll work on that.

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