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On "Wild Justice"

Animal Person

Bekoff and Pierce (a philosopher) are the perfect combination to write this book because whenever you're presenting the similarities of nonhuman animals to human animals, a philosophical conundrum is created for humans, who like to think that we are worlds different, and above nonhumans. There are no judgments.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

10,000 Birds

… – part 2 – Once I finish this writing, with a strange mix of emotions I will put the Lynx field guide Birds of Colombia to the bookshelf for the first time, more than half a year after I received it. Have you ever birded a place so young that birds still have no names ? Other than that, I have no explanation what were they doing.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. The Feather Thief is divided into four parts.