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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

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After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. As a group, yes, we are anti-hunting,” she said. But the idea that hunting could ever be banned is ridiculous.

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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

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Some people think it’s just plain fun to kill enormous numbers of animals and pile up their bodies, and when there’s no “bag limit” it’s legal to do so. It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. Plain old fashioned Fun.”.

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If 95% of all life were to die out in a volcanic extinction, what animals would survive?

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The remainder of the Cenozoic era, an Era where reptiles rule the Earth, and a third era that includes the animals that survived an extinction that killed 95% of all life on Earth. However, I'm not sure which animals could survive an extinction like that and what group of animals should be dominant next.

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

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However, in this post, I’d like to lay out the basic numbers as we pretend to know them about overall bird mortality, human related causes of mortality, and somewhere in there I’ll note that the number of birds that are killed by windmills is so small that it says “zero” on my pie chart.

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Names for Nick Jr Animals

Reddit Animals

These guys are sometimes called the Nick Jr animals, tho their group name will be called something else. These guys are all different species and genders, tho despite that, they still coexist with one another without killing each other somehow. Come on and meet the crew. Anyways, here are all their names and genders.

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A New Way Global Warming Kills Birds

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This has been looked at in other studies for ectotherms (the most obvious sorts of animals to be affected since they get their heat from ambient conditions) and elderly humans. The experimenters changed the difficulty of foraging for different groups of birds, so some birds would have to spend more energy on foraging than others.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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