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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

10,000 Birds

This leaves Shanghai in June with basically just the year-round species and the summer breeders, maybe with a few added ultra-lazy individuals of migratory species. Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. Such as the Black-winged Cuckooshrike.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

This is something not seen in very young children but then typically develops and becomes observable and testable by psychology graduate students who have done innumerable studies on it. A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. But that’s another story.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

Scientific research and expertise are needed here. If some microorganisms must be killed in the process, this is unfortunate but necessary for human life. One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?” KBJ: I agree that this is a factual question. KBJ: Ditto.

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