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On Thanking Slaughtered Sheep for Book Awards

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Well, she apparently did such a great job convincing the folks at the Minnesota Book Awards that you can claim to love animals and then send them to slaughter, that not only was she a finalist for their award, but she won it. Tags: Books Current Affairs Ethics. I just wanted to be out of there.

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Quetzals of Ecuador

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Pavonine Quetzal ( Pharomachrus pavoninus ) Tags: ecuador , quetzal • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! After getting his engineering degree from the University of Minnesota he worked in the Standard-American-Rat-Race-Company for fifteen years. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

Animal Person

The husband and I took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) a couple of months ago and received the most unremarkable results. This is great news for animal rights because it's one more piece of evidence that humans aren't as exceptional as we like to think we are. Tags: Current Affairs Language.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? How when he needed a dissertation topic in 2005 (studying at the University of Minnesota), it was either Hooded Crane or Blakiston’s Fish Owl, both iconic birds of the area.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2011)

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Long-tailed Duck by Mike Bergin Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! birdermurdermama Mar 21st, 2011 at 4:38 pm Spring is here in Minnesota and with it came the first Great Blue Heron for 2011, along with three Sandhill Cranes. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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