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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

Undesirable alien: there are an estimated 2 million Grey Squirrels in Britain An English Red Squirrel. An Estonian Red Squirrel , looking more grey than red One introduced animal that we are unlikely to ever eradicate from Britain is the North American Grey Squirrel, a mammal I see nearly every day. One day, perhaps.

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

10,000 Birds

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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Poop From The Front End Of The Bird

10,000 Birds

It’s not fecal material, but parts that are not digestible like fur, bones and the exoskeletons of insects. For example, since eagles and hawks tend to rip their prey apart and have stronger digestive acids, their pellets look like wads of fur. Birds will barf them back up out of their mouths.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. Over the years Jethro approached rabbits as if they should be his friends, but they usually fled.

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