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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

10,000 Birds

Maybe they have decided to boycott species with Russian-sounding names as a way to protest against Putin’s policies. Red-billed Blue Magpies are occasionally eaten by snub-nosed monkeys. The gory details are outlined in a paper describing that the monkeys eat the head of the bird first but reject the wings.

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NASA Suspends Radiation Experiments

Critter News

For more than a year, we have worked to block NASA’s planned radiation experiments on live squirrel monkeys. NASA had planned to irradiate 30 live squirrel monkeys in a misguided attempt to learn the effects of deep-space radiation. Because of your hard work, these monkeys will not be irradiated or otherwise abused.