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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

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The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. Maybe Moss is right, and birds have changed history. But more often, one would think, it’s the other way around: humans have led to “paradigm shifts” in avian history, and not in a good way. Fine and dandy.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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Fortunately, Singapore is not Florida, where Mr. DeSantis would probably have the two birds described in a paper culled (though the paper talks about “aberrant” behavior, which is a phrase Mr. DeSantis would probably feel comfortable with). They have been found nesting in two of these boxes, producing five chicks in three years ( source ).