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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

He was adopted by the Masson family and was apparently the most loving dog all who met him had ever had the pleasure of being licked by. Masson tells Benjy's story--and Benjy stories--while explaining his theory about the mutual domestication of dogs and humans. The point is that, as Chapter 3 is titled, "Dogs Make Us Human."

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

10,000 Birds

Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. Taxonomic tweakings and reshufflings of birds on the Family and Genus levels are too many to count. 6) Taxonomy. Whereas checklists used to start with loons, they now begin with waterfowl.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Her writing is based on keen observation of animal and human behavior, and she likes to interweave solid natural history information with larger philosophical themes to challenge and inspire the reader. Most of the deer and duck hunters I know lament the loss of an old growth forest or flood-plain swamp as much as I do. I think not!

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