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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). They adorn their bodies with decorative scarification, a painful process of slicing into the skin and rubbing the wounds with charcoal. Yellow-billed Stork.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Common sense tells us not to put the foxes in charge of the henhouse, but politicians repeatedly deny common sense in favor of the needs of special-interest groups. What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. Peters Paso Robles, Calif.,