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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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Of course, many people still know exactly what they did when this happened. I remember that when I was still a research chemist developing dental materials, I once gave a presentation at that university, which was followed by my receiving a hideous and very colorful plate as a gift afterward. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact.

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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

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And of course, as a (pop) culture whose sensibility has been formed by The Onion and The Daily Show , it's no wonder. Researchers conducted experiments in a lab, then released the animals into the wild, making sure to note that "This was a much harder part of the study, and involved lugging around of batteries," and found similar results.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. Actually, the HBW remarks that “Form swinhoei appears distinctive; further research, including vocal and genetic analyses, desirable”, so maybe this will turn out to be a separate species eventually.

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Birding Shanghai in January 2024

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Finding scientific research related to the species online is difficult as the word Merlin is used for so many other things as well – a bird ID app, a wizard ( e.g., “A typical depiction of Merlin tends to be of an old, cloaked wizard with a long white beard.”), Of course, this is not true. ”), etc.

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