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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

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That’s one reason, probably the biggest reason, why we don’t have centennials for animals that become extinct in the wild. Turns out, from what I could find, not particularly ceremonious. Well, it would have been in 1944… or 1952 or somewhere in between. In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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True to form, the United States Department of Agriculture seems less concerned about the health or status of Yellow Bitterns and more about managing the birds on Guam to minimize threats to aviation safety. One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. Sometimes it works.

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