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Birding Shanghai in March 2023

10,000 Birds

And here is the Collared Finchbill , who like me suffers from being less social than others. The Scaly-breasted Munia has a larger head size than the White-rumped Munia , and a research paper speculates that this is a reason for its wider distribution range.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

10,000 Birds

This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 But maybe that is actually a good thing. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. Now comes my question: Which of the two categories described do you think this paper belongs to?

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. Scientific research and expertise are needed here. KBJ: Ditto.

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