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Do Snowy Owls really belong in genus Bubo?

10,000 Birds

We certainly do know from birds and other organisms that the most closely related organisms are not always the most similar physically, if one member of the pair has experienced strong adaptive pressure. We may learn more tomorrow, and that would be exciting.

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Deconstructing Spencer's Comment

Animal Person

There is a fine line between optimism and pessimism, it's called realism and (most) vegans have absolutely zero concept of what that is or how it needs to be applied to our daily lifestyles. Explain it to me and please include how it needs to be applied to my daily lifestyle. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. This precept is variably stated as follows: Avoid killing or harming any living being.