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Hawk-Eagle Sweep in Costa Rica

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If a large, powerful bird of prey capable of terrorizing a Wild Turkey comes to mind, that may be a fair definition of a hawk-eagle. Like a Northern Goshawk on steroids with fancy plumage, these birds can take small monkeys, opossums, ibis, toucans, macaws, and other medium-sized animals of the rainforest. This curassow is great.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. By definition, it’s a feeling that one tries to hide. Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey. They all stood vigil for a time, nodded their heads, and flew off. Photo by Paul Huber.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

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But of course, Clarence Thomas had a great excuse that would definitely have helped other rulebreakers in many court cases (and certainly would have convinced Thomas himself, had a defendant made such a claim): “I did not know the rules” There is also a boring video of the bird here.

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Birding Kangding, Sichuan

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A paper describes how a Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (which looks a bit like somebody had kicked Donald Trump in the nose, which in itself may probably not be such a bad idea) ate three Chinese Babax chicks from a nest in Shennongjia National Park. Me, definitely not). In any case, no reason to name a bird after him.

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