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Home-cloning kit for waders.

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A stem of plant material with a cluster of pink Apple Snail’s eggs are marring the picture by covering part of the eye. In fact if you neglect to do this, it may spoil the natural look of the finished product. Would the photograph be better if the whole bird was portrayed without being masked by unwanted greenery?

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On "The Age of Stupid"

Animal Person

And the wife says that one thing the family does is eat less meat and eggs (and they raise the animals on their land), but even that is glossed over. And there is a family in rural England who charts their energy use and we see that food is the second highest use of energy for them (air travel takes up the most). But they dismiss food.

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The Dracula Bird

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Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. And that represents an enormous number of parents from other species neglecting their own young. So that is a negative mark on both their records.

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Why Not Brood Parasites?

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And everyone always forgets about the brood parasitism that occurs closer to home: over 200 species of birds are known to occasionally indulge in a little intraspecific brood parasitism, that is, leaving an egg or two in the nest of another female/pair of the same species. It’s easy to see why some birds adopt this way of life.

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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. It is well settled that a balanced diet of these foods provides the same essential amino acids that Nina Planck finds in an egg.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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He pointed out that Illinois had been sadly neglected up to this point, so Redgannet made a special visit to Chicago to redress this oversight. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 13 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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