10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. titled Avian relationships – What do we know? Open Jarvis et al.’s Jarvis et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

’ Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning – little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door - Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as `Nevermore.’

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2011 Fowl Deer Cats 244

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. If some microorganisms must be killed in the process, this is unfortunate but necessary for human life. Why should microorganisms be sacrificed rather than humans? Why is human life more valued than the life of microorganisms? What is forbidden meat?

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40