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Get Saltators in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Although in Latin, “saltator” means “jumper”, these birds aren’t doing any kangaroo imitations. Unlike the master skulking antpittas, rodent performing tapaculos, and the cool weirdo foliage-gleaners, saltators visit feeders, gardens, and are pretty common.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. The 10-year-old dog and 4-month-old joey eventually became best friends.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

10,000 Birds

For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer). If we were to remove the hooved animals and non-Mustelidae carnivores (i.e.,

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