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Heavy Metal Zebra Finches
Heavy Metal Zebra FinchesAdmittedly, that would be a great name for a band, but, by way of Yves Smith, I came across this hysterical video of zebra finches (it gets really good past the one minute...
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More Brutal Turkey Terrorism
More Brutal Turkey TerrorismOn this Patriot's Day, we must never forget that the Heroic Struggle Against Our Demonic Turkey Overlords has not abated. Now they are assaulting the basic workings of our...
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Photo of the Day #931: Laughing kookaburra
Photo of the Day #931: Laughing kookaburraA laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.laelapsSun, 05/30/2010 - 07:29TagsbirdsPhotographyavesBronx ZoozoobirdsAh yes, this...
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Public Garden Swans Are Not Making Way for Ducklings
Public Garden Swans Are Not Making Way for DucklingsI need some help from 'swanologists.' So do Boston's ducklings. In the middle of Boston's Public Garden, there is a large pond (although for some...
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More on the Public Garden's Swan Wars
More on the Public Garden's Swan WarsLast week, I described how the pair of swans living on Boston's Public Garden's Lagoon* have a predilection for attacking ducklings. Last night, the swans were at...
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I Wouldn't Mate With You If You Were the Last Finch on Earth?
I Wouldn't Mate With You If You Were the Last Finch on Earth?(from here)One of the models for the evolution of new species is allopatric speciation, where a small isolated population diverges from a...
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The Newly Discovered Giant Flores Stork
The Newly Discovered Giant Flores StorkA new species of stork has been identified from Flores, which is the Indonesian island on which the famous "hobbit" fossils have been found. The "hobbit" is a...
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Have the Turkeys No Decency?
Have the Turkeys No Decency?Just when we thought the Turkey Menace had disappeared, they're back:Thanksgiving II: The RevengeA Gardner Road [Brookline, MA] man told police that he and his 9-month-old...
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Imagine If You Returned to Your Car and Saw This
Imagine If You Returned to Your Car and Saw ThisNo, I'm not referring to the Radical Homosexual Pirate Menance. I'm referring to Boston's ongoing fight with the galliform hordes.Unspeakable, I tell...
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The Public Garden's Swans Are Back!
The Public Garden's Swans Are Back!This being Boston, we are completely cool with lesbian swans cohabitating in public. And little duckies, this is your doom:Seriously, I'm curious if they hunt...
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