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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan

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These are the tradeoffs of modern life in China. For me, they all fall squarely in the “Uncanny Valley”: “The uncanny valley is a term used to describe the relationship between the human-like appearance of a robotic object and the emotional response it evokes. ” This includes Tibetan macaques.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 3)

10,000 Birds

Similar to the (fortunately now gradually changing) situation among humans in China, these birds seem to prefer males over females. So, I can only give you the sanitized version of the joke, in which humans have been replaced by birds. One, however, was potentially racist by today’s standards. A man sees some Black Swans.

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