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"The strix owl was a vanishingly rare bird located... It would not be crying" - um... isn't "strix" like a genus of owls, where as a specific bird would be like a strix aluco or a strix nebulosa? Is the bird-nerdiness of this book not bird-nerdin'???

Same with the attacking "bloodthirsty" lapwing (vanellus vanellus) it's described as something from Jurassic Park, while being smaller than a common crow?!
I'm lost.