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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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Where do Cook’s Petrels go to forage in the summer? Non-human beings have traditionally thought of on a basically immoral level…they lack any intrinsic values, are incapable of thoughts and emotions, and are only worth how good of a coat they make or how good they taste. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

At the same time, the last remaining larger mammals and birds are being blasted by hunters to supply the insatiable demand for bushmeat, a market that in Ghana alone is estimated to generate revenues of up to US$350 million per annum. The rare Rufous Fishing Owl was one of the many species seen by the group here.

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