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Birding the Kruger Park (6): Pafuri area part 2

10,000 Birds

Weavers – including the Red-headed Weaver – attack rice crops in Niger, the subject of the paper “Farmers’ Perceptions and Management Practices of Weaver Bird Pests in Niger State, Nigeria” The Steppe Buzzard is often considered a subspecies of the common or Eurasian buzzard, but it differs somewhat physiologically.

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On "The Age of Stupid"

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A young woman in Nigeria (can you say Shell Oil?) With regard to cruelty and suffering, it's clear from the film that the human animal has been profoundly negatively affected by climate change, but there is no attention given to nonhuman animals. I liked the way the film connects oil use to an oil company.

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