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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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Quite likely, these birds are also the inspiration for Australian science communicator Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki. Oriental Dollarbirds – having on average a much higher IQ than the typical resident of Shanghai – accordingly spend winter in Australia, not in China. Thanks to Clare for introducing me to him.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. Restoration of the Yi qi dinosaur from the late Jurassic era, China, by Emily Willoughby, used under Creative Commons license.

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