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Harbour seals abandoning their pups

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I’ve heard that if humans or dogs approach seal pups too closely then their mothers will abandon them and I don’t understand why they abandon them. What makes the mother disassociate from her pup just because a dog went up to it submitted by /u/Popular-Twist-4087 [link] [comments]

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A new bower in Cygnet Park-Broome

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Well, now it has really fallen apart and they have abandoned it. Of course there is always something interesting about bowers wherever they are, but especially amongst human habitation. The items gathered vary depending on the location and some Great Bowerbirds appear to be better at stealing than others!

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Will the mom abandon their baby bird id a human toches the bird?

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Please answer asap submitted by /u/devinkanal [link] [comments]

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Owling in Trinidad & Tobago

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Today, Barn Owls can be found across both islands, hunting open fields at twilight or comfortably resting in abandoned relics of the sugar cane industry. They are sometimes chased by superstitious resident humans, believing them to be harbingers of doom or even the souls of the departed. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl.

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. So that was the first argument for a scavenging phase. Any buffalo bones from prior to that transition were obviously scavenged.

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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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Harris’s are also, according to Cowan, smarter than other hawks; they hunt in packs and, for that reason, may welcome humans as hunting partners more so than other raptors. As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. (She may be right: see the photo, below, of the author and Jazz).

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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird: A Book Review by a Pigeon Cynic

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Watcha looking at, human?” (2021) with Jacob Souva, and the forthcoming Expedition Backyard: Exploring Nature from Country to City (A Graphic Novel) with Binglin Hu; writer for various other nature publications and organizations, and a social media presence who always makes me smile. “Pigeons have lost their usefulness. .’

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