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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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27, 2015 Christian Gutierrez, Raymond Justice, and Carter Mesker went on a camping trip to Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu, Hawaii. They were simply sent to Family Court. Between the adults and their eggs, the three of them killed 32 live albatrosses. At the time, Justice and Mesker were 17 years old. Gutierrez was 18.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. Finally, the shores of the Telia lie in front of us.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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The purple feather of the title is an ostrich plume (now housed in the Museum of London), a symbol of Emmeline’s crusade and personal style (if you saw the 2015 film Suffragette , Meryl Streep, playing Pankhurst, is wearing a hat full purple feathers). It is reproduced in “Mrs.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. The Condor, 2015; 117 (4): 485 DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-15-6.1. Ducks are easier prey for the Eagle.

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