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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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So, here we go… Fighting in Iraq has been affecting starlings. But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there.

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Military Used Pigs in Brain Injury Research

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For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S. Did you know this?

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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He describes lark mirrors and other contraptions that were used to entice the birds into traps in detail, and cites the few documented numbers of larks sold in market in the early 19 th century (826, 462 in the Paris market in 1832). and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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government (Johnson had worked in Iraq for USAID, where he learned about his friends and colleagues problems first-hand). I can’t end this review without talking about how impressed I am by Johnson’s research and documentation. And, well researched.