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Thought experiment

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The main strategy for horses is organisation. The ones who would last until the very end would be lions , tigers bears, eagles and wolves. They are quite fast and can hide in places predators can't reach like Holes, pieces of debris etc. Horses have a good chance. Horses live in groups. So they can look out for each other.

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Alien Face

10,000 Birds

The years passed and I had several similar experiences with this cryptic species. Only then I realized that it was an adult with a juvenile – and the experience took on an entirely new dimension. Here I was bearing witness to the education of the next generation of creeping xenopses. I carefully noted this.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

10,000 Birds

Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

10,000 Birds

Gooddie describes his quest in terms of a contest of wills and strategy. And sun bears. The Jewel Hunter is heavily laced with Gooddie’s particular brand of broad ironic humor, and I did enjoy that, but I would have traded about 10 percent for a little more insight into the unexpected outcomes of his experience.

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