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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

10,000 Birds

Similar to the rare human experiment, the results were generally acceptable, though of course that does not account for any potential psychological damage caused by the switch in parents. They switched eggs between Red-rumped Swallows and Barn Swallows.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

In 1974 we shipped four times as much food to Cambodia and South Vietnam as to starving Bangladesh and Swahelian Africa. But it is not implausible to suppose that, for many people, going without meat will have less psychological meaning and consequently strengthen their resolve less than wearing buttons and signing petitions.