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Thur May 22 – What Compels a Rooster to Crow?

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May 28th 2014
I want to understand why every day at 5:30am this rooster is taking to the airwaves. Good for him that he’s so excited to see the sun rising again but why not let the rest of us come around on our own schedule. Seriously what evolutionary advantage have roosters derived from crowing from the arrival of dawn to the settling of dusk? Just take a break, we humans all got alarms and don’t worry ab ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Guilin

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more