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Two James Spirits: Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum

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In the midst of a global pandemic, medical professionals have been heralded as heroes, with some even rising to the status of pop culture icons – even as some supposedly advanced nations have been plummeting into the depths of anti-science superstition lately. I can think of no higher honor.

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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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While hoopoes are in their own family, DNA studies suggest that the hoopoe diverged from hornbills, and the wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills from the hoopoe. Apologies – I have not taken my anti-cynicism medication for a while now, and it starts to show). Of course, the second explanation makes a lot more sense.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?

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KwaZulu-Natal

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Dr Smith was later in charge of medical services in the Crimea but had a feud with Florence Nightingale and was severely criticized for mismanagement, yet despite this he was knighted in 1859. The famous Verreaux family who made several expeditions into the province through the 1820’s and 1830’s procuring specimens for rich collectors.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. Another member of the magpie family, the White-winged Magpie , makes do with far fewer colors.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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I come from a family where the worse the situation, the faster and more furiously the wisecracks fly, so I suppose I’m hardwired to look for humor. The book is darkly funny. Why did you decide it was important to find humor in Luna’s experience? I can’t write stories that are unrelentingly grim. I just can’t take it. I thought, “Finally!

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A Problem with Gulls

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Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow. Mayr technically studied medical sciences, but he was a true and fanatic/fantastic birder and this was the reason for him choosing Greifswald over any other university – he wanted to go birding there.

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