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Home-cloning kit for waders.

10,000 Birds

Here is a handy exercise that you can try to give you long frustrating hours on the computer and provide a good excuse to avoid contact with the rest of humanity. A stem of plant material with a cluster of pink Apple Snail’s eggs are marring the picture by covering part of the eye. Take the Wood Sandpiper above as an example.

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On "The Age of Stupid"

Animal Person

With regard to cruelty and suffering, it's clear from the film that the human animal has been profoundly negatively affected by climate change, but there is no attention given to nonhuman animals. There was no meaningful discussion about our inefficient use of resources (grain and water) in the feeding of animals to kill to feed people.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

What these naysayers consistently neglect is that vegan diets, as with all other restricted diets, must be well planned. Generalizing from a handful of ignorant vegans to the entire vegan population does a disservice to those of us who have spent years educating ourselves on human nutritional needs and how to meet them on a plant-based diet.