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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

Other useful information in the Wikipedia article includes the factoid that it shows very rapid ingestion rates, taking on average 6 seconds for the prey to reach the stomach after capture (motto of this blog: We read Wikipedia for you so you do not have to). He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept.

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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

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Angier writes: "Scientists studying animals from virtually every niche of the bestial kingdom have found evidence of distinctive personalities — bundled sets of behaviors, quirks, preferences and pet peeves that remain stable over time and across settings." Angier can't resist writing: "A bird in the lab worked like a bird in the bush."

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