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4 Things to Consider Before Adopting a Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

Smaller breeds can live comfortably in an apartment but larger dogs need lots of space and preferably a back yard. If you can barely make ends-meet, it’s probably best to wait until you make a raise or getting a better paying job. Do You Have the Time? Will there be someone at home to watch the dog while you’re away?

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Birding Shanghai in January 2023

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Some of the lazier Common Moorhens apparently try to pass the arduous work of raising their chicks on to other species -a paper describes how Little Bitterns are utilized as surrogate parents. However, the authors call this a “new breeding tactic”, which seems to mix up the discovery of the tactic with the use of the tactic.

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The Dracula Bird

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But when raised, they seem to have a sort of weird cape. In other words, they never raise their own young. Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. But in most light, they appear to have a shiny black color.

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Thought To Be Extinct For 100 Years

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A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection. A captive breeding program was established with a facility at Gustavo del Solar’s property, not far from where the birds were re-discovered. This flock is composed of about 54 birds including nine breeding pair.