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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? Perhaps they are taught that other cultures eat animals other than cows, chickens, fish and pigs, I don't know. For me, the focus on culture and tradition is basically an excuse for "anything goes" when it comes to animals. But I bet anything doesn't go.

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Getting out of line

10,000 Birds

By building nests out over the swamp, the birds benefit from the protection offered by the alligators in deterring predators such as raccoons and snakes. Snowy Egrets were also showing off their breeding colours and Wood Storks were carrying small branches to add to precarious platforms that will soon have to serve as nests.

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