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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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He complained they were eating the grass he wanted for his horses. Rabbits have become surprisingly scarce close to home, but I don’t have to go far to see warrens of them, with as many as 30 or 40 in one field. The post Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks first appeared on 10,000 Birds. One day, perhaps.

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

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This behavior is not at all out of character for Tufted Titmice as is explained on All About Birds : They line this cup with soft materials such as hair, fur, wool, and cotton, sometimes plucking hairs directly from living mammals.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?