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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat? 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 does a Flammulated Owl do all night? But I digress.

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Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven”

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Poe must have sat down and written the whole poem in a burst of inspiration because how else could something so beautiful have been created, right? That it is still one of the most anthologized poems is testament not to sudden inspiration but to dogged determination and careful, thoughtful writing. Wicked, right?

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