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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deborah4" data-source="post: 892845" data-attributes="member: 29880"><p>yes, I understood that to be their point too - perhaps it takes a bird enthusiast to see the attraction of small bird that has a slightly sharper pointed bill than it's closest nominate relative <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> - it would have been more helpful perhaps to make some economic links between why there's a need for conservation in the first place and what effect capitalised economies have had on a reduction in biodiversity - might have presented a more balanced argument.</p></blockquote><p></p>