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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers.

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Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

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The proposed primate breeding facility would violate both the letter and the spirit of Puerto Rico’s progressive new law, which strictly limits the use of animals in experimentation. Tags: animal experimentation puerto rico animal research primates medical research.

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

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Unfortunately, the Ashy Drongos did not exactly do what he predicted that they would do – mob potential predators more frequently during the breeding season and mob the more dangerous predator (in this case, the Black Eagle) more intensely. If you do not want to be put in a cage, it presumably helps to be a bit aggressive.

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Last Monkey Recaptured by Primate Center

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These are not subject monkeys, but they are part of the breeding colony. Breeding for what? They are part of the center's breeding colony. Isn't it ironic how these animals show their clear intelligence by learning how to open a door at the same time their fellow species members are being sacrificed to science?

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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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Apologies – I have not taken my anti-cynicism medication for a while now, and it starts to show). Let’s hope it can find some relatively unfragmented habitat for breeding – studies show that the failure rate of nests is much higher in fragmented habitats. Or at least an “angry-looking bird” ( source ).

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Five Surprising Benefits of Spaying or Neutering Your Pets

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Even if you plan to breed your dog, spaying her when you are done breeding can completely eliminate her risk of this infection and increase her life expectancy. Having puppies isn’t a fun science experiment. Unspayed female dogs can develop a life-threatening uterine infection called pyometra. Reduced Costs and Stress.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?