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Endangered and Unknown: Black-hooded Antwren

10,000 Birds

As is most often the case, lowland rainforest habitats suffered the most with an almost complete loss of this habitat. Regardless, these remaining pockets of Atlantic Rainforest harbor an incredibly diverse and often highly endangered collection of bird species with well over a 100 regional endemics.

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Smart and Getting Smarter

10,000 Birds

This all happened as I was suffering from the photographic affliction known as “light denial,” where I’m convinced there is still some light but sadly the day has ended and darkness reigns. Still it is always nice to add to the evidence of animal intellect.

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Kermie

Animal Person

Based on whatever data she collected, she’d alter her course and continue her search. As I skulked around my own house, all I could picture was Emily tearing Kermie limb from limb, then suffering a grisly death from ingesting the poison that ran through Kermie’s froggy veins. There is a God, I thought.