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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. Like other kingfishers, Blue-eared Kingfishers nest in excavated tunnels – but compared to other kingfishers, these tunnels seem to be quite short with an average length of only 25 cm. Or speluncaphobia? The Stork-billed Kingfisher is much bigger and easier to see.

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Roger Scruton on the Duty to Eat Meat

Animal Ethics

Piety is the remedy for religious guilt, and to this emotion we are all witting or unwitting heirs. All animals would be kept in battery conditions and the righteous vegetarians would exert no economic pressure on farmers to change their ways. To such a question it is always possible to respond with a shrug of the shoulders.

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