(2013), Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death (pbk ed.) chapter: Introduction, pages: xi–xiv, publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN: 9780544002265 (quote from p. xiii; 238 pages; 1st edition 2012)
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Ravens and magpies may be pure scavengers in the winter, but in the fall they are herbivores eating berries, and in the summer they are predators living on insects and mice and anything else they can kill.
— Bernd Heinrich
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About Bernd Heinrich
Bernd Heinrich, Ph.D (born 19 April 1940) is a professor in the zoology department at the University of Vermont. He has authored books about nature writing, zoology, ecology, and evolution. His father was the ichneumon expert Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984).
About Bernd Heinrich
Bernd Heinrich, Ph.D (born 19 April 1940) is a professor in the zoology department at the University of Vermont. He has authored books about nature writing, zoology, ecology, and evolution. His father was the ichneumon expert Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984).
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