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Of Eagle Abduction

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But that was a long, long time ago, and unlike snakes, eagles no longer pose a threat even in Australia, so such a genetic trait would long since have been swamped by other more useful genes for things like using deodorant and making viral videos on the Internet.

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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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Apologies – I have not taken my anti-cynicism medication for a while now, and it starts to show). .” This sparrow does not want to hear it has a beautiful soul. It would love to be called beautiful, sexy and glamorous though.

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An American Wader Down Under

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An American showed up in Australia recently. Pecs are a rare bird in Australia but they do turn up annually. This was a bird I had never seen in Australia so, given that I had a day off for a medical appointment I decided that I would grab a few mates and make a day to find the bird. Well several really.

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A Problem with Gulls

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I’m not ready to expand my gull horizons… Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 4th, 2011 at 8:06 pm We only get Silver Gulls in Broome, so if it is not that then it is a rarity! Mar 4th, 2011 at 7:52 pm I still have a hard enough time identifying North American gulls! There has been a Sabine’s Gull here in the past.

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Animal Testing Debate Continues in New South Wales

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This particular animal research controversy is occurring in New South Wales (Australia). Welfare groups are calling for an urgent public debate on animal testing amid claims millions of creatures are being killed or maimed every year in Australia in the name of science. From the online Sydney Morning Herald.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system. To the Editor: What parent or teacher has not noticed that girls are maturing far earlier than they used to?

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When birds attack!

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I particularly enjoyed the story involving the Satyr Tragophan , not because I enjoy painful stories of high medical bills so much as if you are going to come a cropper of a bird it may as well be a good looking one (as with birding with life in general really). Australian Magpies, like every other animal in Australia, are also dangerous.