Picking up and keeping feathers is illegal in the US, and the reason why has a surprising amount to do with hats.

Picking up and keeping feathers is illegal in the US, and the reason why has a surprising amount to do with hats.
East Africa may look very different in five to ten million years.
The answer, as usual, is somewhere in the middle.
That would be the dream.
The answer is right under your nose. Obviously.