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Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE

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Nat Geo Wild is airing an amazing show tonight called Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE! A two-hour live event airing on Nat Geo Wild tonight, Friday, November 25th at 9 PM ET. will also have the opportunity to connect and tune in to Shark Attack Experiment LIVE online at natgeotv.com and via social media. Will you be tuning in?

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Rapai devotes two chapters to the fire, illustrating, like a good reporter, both the details of the event itself and the bad and good that came out of it.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. Which would be weird.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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The 10-year-old Boa was pregnant and had been raised by McAdam since it was a baby. But just because these are snakes, this event is getting very little coverage. The Boa was still alive & in pain 20 minutes after they crushed its skull. Chris Coffee did not commit any criminal acts. You don't have to be a "snake person.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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Many birders keep personal birding lists or life lists, documenting the species they have seen throughout their birding experiences. They may go on birding trips, join birding events, participate in birding competitions, and collaborate with other birders to gather information about rare or elusive species.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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Several recent studies have found that tinamous are embedded within the ratites, which means that either they regained the ability to fly or (as many researchers feel is more likely) that flightlessness and large body size arose multiple times within the paleognaths, a topic discussed in detail at Tetrapod Zoology. Jarvis et al. Why is this?

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Birding Shanghai in August 2023

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Their goal is simple yet lofty: “We hope these redescriptions will arouse some interest in the chewing lice of shorebirds among researchers working with lapwings” As I mentioned in one of my posts this spring, for me the personal start of the migration season is when I see my first male colorful flycatcher.

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