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The Dracula Bird

10,000 Birds

Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. In fact, this is not even a particularly large group. And that represents an enormous number of parents from other species neglecting their own young. So there you are.

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Home-cloning kit for waders.

10,000 Birds

Who amongst you, and I want a show of hands here, has never used the clone tool to move objects around in pictures for a more pleasant grouping, or filled out a flock to make it more impressive? A stem of plant material with a cluster of pink Apple Snail’s eggs are marring the picture by covering part of the eye.

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