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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. Smaller frogs and toads, mice, bugs, worms, dog food, and carrion, you name it. Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. The equation seems incredible. Flap, flap, glide.

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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology

Animal Person

In each case, "rational man" had to rethink human identity ¯ his species identity common to all other humans, or rather, all those counted as "human" and as part of the valuer´s community. Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com). Mockingbirds bear a grudge against particular people (guardian.co.uk). Why can we talk?