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Huge Numbers of Shark Fins Harvested in Taiwan

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A local group claims Taiwan kills up to 3.86 million sharks each year for their fins.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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I agree with eBird that the Asian Glossy Starling is “fierce-looking” Appropriately, it is an invasive species in places such as Taiwan, where some papers recommend reducing the population. It very effectively forms a small foraging group in this manner. The dangers of being a geologist.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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A study found that for Plain Prinia , egg characteristics in a mainland China location with many cuckoos make it much easier to spot cuckoo eggs than in a Taiwan location with few cuckoos ( source ). For those who think evolution is a wrong theory, these differences may well have been created by god.

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