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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)

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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

10,000 Birds

We took her to the vet and put her on medication, and somehow she pulled through. We would close the flight around 10 PM to protect them from predators, then we’d get up at four in the morning to open the door again. The two older ones were in pretty good shape, but we were not sure the third would make it. Release day came.

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