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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

10,000 Birds

As usual when species are well-examined, the number of subspecies seems to multiply, though apparently some of these subspecies have recently been culled in order to simplify the life of birders. While birds have developed one way of dealing with gravity, flying, other animals have found different ways, for example, just ignoring it.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

10,000 Birds

If you are a bit deranged and like to read about animal diseases (you know who you are), I recommend checking out the paper “Poxvirus infection in a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike “ “The nest is remarkably small for the size of the bird. .” Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits?

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