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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

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The prinias are a group of around 25 Old World warbler species found in Africa and Asia. On the contrary, it may very well be one of the most dangerous bird species in Asia, if not the world. However, they are indistinct within the Old World’s brown warblers in that their plumage consists entirely of different shades of brown.

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People Who Want to Ban Circus Animals are Bozos?

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Henican writes: The truth of the matter, of course, is that most city kids will never have the chance to visit the wilds of Africa and Asia, assuming there are any wilds left in the decades to come. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. We’ll all turn out to cheer for them, while the animals run free on Seventh Avenue.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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The Chestnut-winged Babbler is known as one of the host species of the Asian Drongo-cuckoo in Southeast Asia ( source ), a claim to fame that most bird species would probably prefer to avoid. This bee-eater is another bird species with a somewhat underwhelming work ethic. So, what you see here is a female.

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Crossbill Guides: Interview with Dirk Hilbers

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Besides that, I teach environmental ethics courses for biology students at the university and currently I am working also on an exciting project of producing a simulation game called ecosim (primarily an education tool for students) in which the player has to fulfil conservation tasks in an interactive ecosystem (e.g.

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4 Lions are dead: Sad and all, but does it actually matter?

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I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. For those that don’t remember, diclofenac is the veterinary drug that just about wiped vultures out completely in Asia. No, its the news that the European Union has approved the sale of diclofenac within its borders.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Ringer Anhinga and Darters (Anhingidae) The Anhinga and three darter species inhabit warm, freshwater regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. These Blasts From The Past Queens Big Day: An Ethical Quandary and More Birds! Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ), Nairobi, Kenya © David J.

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From Today's New York Times

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Without our strong alliance with South Korea, our influence in Asia would be vastly diminished. It sent more than 300,000 troops to help us in Vietnam, was a quick and generous supporter of Desert Storm in 1991, and for several years had the third-largest deployment of troops in Iraq, following our invasion of that country five years ago.