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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

10,000 Birds

So, they cleverly would hijack unpopular animals or people as placeholders for the devil and then swear to their heart’s delight. This model was very popular in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s and it was commonly called “Ente“ (duck) due to its round hood. An animal’s blood is referred to as Schweiss, which means sweat.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. In the classic test, an animal is anesthetized and then marked on an area of the body the animal cannot normally see.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

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Today, the national forest park is open to tourists – which in China means large groups of people in similarly large buses. If being hunted by evil humans was not enough, Ashy-throated Parrotbills are also hosts of the parasitic Common Cuckoo. Animal Class. Shame on the researchers. American Civil War? World War 1?

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Birding the Kruger Park (5): Pafuri area part 1

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One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. I could immediately tell them it was an Egyptian Goose – an invasive species in Germany but not at Kruger. .” (HBW).

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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Below legal size for humans is still legal for pelicans. Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. Over time, an unusual bond of mutual likeliness was created. And they both graze grass and browse younger branches and saplings.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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In somewhat dubious English, the abstract of one paper on this species by Chinese authors states that “ Pycnonotus sinens has got used to the city life and become a kind of city bird that are closely associated with human” (of course, my Chinese – spoken only anyway – is far worse than this English).

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. “Humans are unique. Hare could run a very profitable shell game.

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