Updated 18/06/2023 It is a tendency of we British to enjoy complaining about trivialities. Our culture nurtures the paradoxic ability to celebrate concepts by lightly slandering them: to take the time to make an item a source of habitual grumble, to put it on a pedestal of deprecation, is to show that it is in …
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With a range ringing around the north pole, a denizen of the Arctic and a holdover from ice ages passed, the reindeer (or caribou in North America) is the world's most northern deer species. Though famed for pulling Father Christmas’ sleigh across the sky, reindeer’s true powers lie in their adaptability in harsh habitat. Whilst …
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Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are small, stocky, white herons which have set themselves aside from other egrets, or really any other birds, by independently taking over most of the world in a matter of decades. This rapid expansion is natural. Sort of. They at least haven’t been introduced by people, taking the initiative to spread …
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