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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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However, it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at – better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting flight. As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post , Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right.

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Three Interesting Things

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But researchers have now found evidence of a giant European bat that is plucking migrating birds out of the night sky. Several months ago, a group of bat researchers spent the night recording the sounds of a marshy Spanish forest. Fast food, caffeine and deadlines fuel your day’s full schedule. Birds research'

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Southwest Primate Center "Celebrates" 10 Years

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This place is celebrating its 10th year with ground-breaking research into what makes us all fat. By destroying the health of baboons with fast food. Fast food is bad for you? Tags: primates medical research. Then Anthony Comuzzie started feeding them soda pop. Oh brother.

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Komen and KFC: A Match Made in Hell

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Winter Wanderland

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Our internet research showed that somebody in Pine County had all three ( Black, Brown-capped, and Gray-crowned ) Rosy Finches on the feeders in their garden. Since it wasn’t Christmas and we were definitely not in a ballet theater this could only mean one thing: Clark’s Nutcracker. And now I did. Chuffed to bits!

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

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Over 95% of all animals raised for food in the U.S. Rest assured that if you are purchasing meat from your favorite fast food restaurant, your favorite sit-down chain restaurant, or your local grocery store, you are purchasing the flesh of a tortured animal. are raised in cruel, inhumane factory farms.