10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Because unlike those of mammals, avian ova need penetration by multiple sperm in order to successfully develop into baby birds. This differs from humans and other mammals, in which the addition of extra sperm essentially destroys the egg. … especially if you’re a lady bird in heat.

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Zebras Pythons Mammals Eggs 145

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the unloved “Other” section of today’s post, we have a few more mammals. As you may know, I am not particularly fond of mammals, even though most of them do not have to pay hefty bribes to pornstars to avoid having some of their dirty secrets revealed.

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 235

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

According to Wikipedia, these birds are good at multitasking, being “in some parts of its range … known as a symbol of luck, longevity, and fidelity” As in humans, “the social implications of dancing [among the cranes] are complex in meaning” ( source ). If everybody did this, the result would be chaos.

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Birds Eggs Bald Eagle Owls 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2013

When you move on to Montana, you discover that there are worse things that one species of tiny screaming mammal tricking you each year as you try to cope with an influx of songbirds and a winterized memory bank that contains only Black-capped Chickadees and Dark-eyed Juncos (and only about half their calls at that.)

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Chipmunks Squirrels Rodents Montana 191

Reddit Animals

JUNE 3, 2024

Same with mammals, fish, etc. I thought that animals were just friendly and not scared of us humans but I'm a unique case I've come to find out. Heck even deer standing just 6 feet away from me just stare for a moment then walk away. Birds too will come up right next to me looking for food when I'm sitting down.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2020

As we humans are animals, like birds are, it often seems to make more sense to me to assume that their and our drivers are similar, not different. Of course, we humans tend to give slightly elevated terms to our motives – but that does not generally mean that they are really different from those of other animals.

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China Barn Owls Birds Laos 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The relevant numbers involving cats, the people that cherish them, and the birds (and small mammals and reptiles) that they kill are all too large to mean much; you might as well use the funny word “gazillions.” There is evidence that toxoplasma leads, in humans, to an elevated risk of mental illness and depression.

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Feral Cats Cats Tnr Feral 266

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Birds, mammals and other wildlife, humans and landscapes are all rendered magnificently. (Their trip took ten days; Clavruel’s, mostly by car, was somewhat quicker.). But the main attraction of the book, it must be said, is not Clavreul’s prose but his artistry in watercolor.

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Bald Eagle Louisville Pennsylvania Ohio 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2013

There is only one documented case of a human ever catching rabies from a Little Brown Bat , though it did occur just last year.*. … If you liked this post and want to see more great images of mammals (and birds, of course) make sure to check out 10,000 Clicks , our big (and growing) page of galleries here at 10,000 Birds.

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Bats Oakland Mammals North America 155

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2011

There are many tales of a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from humans to use as nest-lining material. Watching a titmouse take hairs from a human is something I have always longed to see but I never considered how cool it might be to see a titmouse take hair from another creature.

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Raccoons Woodchucks Opossums Squirrels 245

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Finally, getting to the slightly annoying but somehow obligatory mention of mammals seen at Longcanggou. Among all mammals, I think I like monkeys the least. Bird guide Bella remarked that the haircut of this Tufted Deer “looks stupid” Always good to travel with a highly qualified expert for valuable scientific comments.

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Birds Pandas Mammals China 233

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

According to the HBW entry for this species, it “has been claimed that loss of native mammals after European settlement created shortage of nesting material, explaining this species’ penchant for taking hair from humans.” ” ( source ).

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Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 220

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2015

Science is fairly well established that yawning can spread like wildfire among groups of humans, as well as a few other mammals. (Our first victim appears to be the Ring-billed Gull above, photographed by Corey.) Don’t say you weren’t warned! New research suggests that the phenomenon of contagious yawning can also be seen in birds.

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New York Mammals Science Birds 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

Third, which we already suspected, bird brains are adjusted to provide extra smartness in a way not seen in mammals. In humans, adults (probably mainly mothers) do this thing called “motherese” which is talking in a way one would normally not talk to another adult, to a baby. City Great Tit ( Parus major ) telomeres shortened.

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Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 117

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

That every human on the planet ultimately depends on biodiversity and nature for stable weather and climate, food, water and fresh air; that is, life providing and supporting services. Growing local plants and thus local insects encourages other organisms from higher in the food web, like birds, frogs and mammals to arrive and survive.

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Wildlife North America Mammals Breeding 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

The analysis of Python stomach contents indicates that they eat mammals, as small as mice, and as large as a fully grown deer. Pythons have been observed swallowing birds and mammals, and coiled up resting in trees where wading birds were actively nesting. The best chance to catch a Python is during a cold front.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It involves plate tectonics; and the separation of North America from South America and their eventual reconnection; and the end of the Cretaceous Era thanks to a big asteroid, and the movements of animals, including humans, in response to all of those things. With abundant roadkill (1.3

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Guyana South America Washington DC 259

Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) received the Humane Society’s Legislative Leader award for her leadership in protecting animals. The Humane Society of the United States cited Senator Cantwell’s efforts to improve marine mammal rescue capability, including such challenges as disentangling marine mammals from fishing nets.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. . they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. This has resulted in their populations returning to natural levels and their fear of humans being curtailed. In fact Gelada social studies have been of great relevance in analyzing the evolution of human social behavior.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Lost Animals is a book about what was lost and witnesses to the loss—how the bird or mammal was viewed, often for the last time, through the lens of a camera. And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. more than there really was to see!” (p.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 270

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

So, for example, humans are apes. In other words, the group of mammals that includes all the monkeys, which is rather large (and not accurately defined because I’ve not said what a “monkey” is … am I including lemurs?) and contains apes is referenced to indicate the complete clade. As Lee Et.Al

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2013

For example, we think that chimpanzees and humans shared a common ancestor that resembled chimps a lot more than humans, and in fact, we consider living chimps to be a pretty close analog to this common ancestor. In human evolution, teeth did a two step from typical ape-sized teeth to mega-teeth to teeth small for an ape.

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Apes Humane Mammals Research 209

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2019

A world without bird and/or mammal, fish and reptile rehabilitators would be a very sad one. The questions that are raised with a rehab bird are things like; without human help, would the bird have lived? This week, I have been pondering the value of bird rehabilitators. Would it be here in a city park?

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Owls Brazil Reptiles Mammals 186

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2014

In summary: unless you’re a cow or a human, cow’s milk is always a bad idea. Even wild mammals – fawns, squirrels, bunnies, etc. Feeding tiny bits of blueberry will help keep the nestlings hydrated until you can them to a rehabber – which should be as fast as humanly possible.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Eggs 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Pale-mandibled Aracari by Luke Seitz Taste, touch and smell in birds are generally considered to be weaker than these same senses in mammals. Whilst catfish have around 100,000 taste buds, rabbits around 17,000 and humans approximately 9,000, birds rarely exceed 100 of these receptors. Let’s talk about taste.

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Birds Mammals Mozambique New Zealand 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, “ humans are still Golden Eagles’ greatest threat: it’s estimated that more than 70 percent of recorded Golden Eagle deaths are attributable to human impact, either intentional or inadvertent.” They also prefer open country as habitat, and feed on insects, mammals, birds, fish, and carrion.

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Albania Mexico Eagles Kazakhstan 102

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

The bird on the photo is one of the estimated 3500-15,000 individuals still alive according to the HBW – a frightening thought given the (too) large number of humans, of which there are about 1 million times more (and of course, each of which weighs 5000 times more than the flycatcher).

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Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Africa is famous for its large, charismatic mammals, and the Big Five epitomize the most sought-after of these fantastic beasts. As visitors’ and the public’s interests expanded from the Big Five, and an appreciation for lesser mammals, birds and smaller wildlife has became more widespread, the term Little Five was coined.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 222

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Many of the great debates over human behavior, those related to things such as race or gender, are muddled and messy because plasticity is ignored. Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. Presumably the humans keep away the predators.

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Birds Research Humane Pets 134

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2015

And while it also occurs in city parks and cemeteries within human habitations, it is not quite as tame as the urban Gray Squirrels of America, and I have never been able myself or seen someone be able to hand-feed one. Mammals Germany red squirrels squirrels' Introducing to you, my valued audience: the squirrel next door.

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Squirrels North America Germany Europe 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Sacred Ibis was seen as the incarnation of the god Thoth, who (with gods apparently better at multitasking than humans) was (or maybe still is, who knows?) ” Somebody should have warned the poor kites not to copy everything that humans do. Possibly also for doing the dishes. .'” Two ways of life folded at once.

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Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

Critter News

JANUARY 1, 2010

Each one of the sleek, whiskered sea lions recovering at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro has its own story. Some of the damage was caused by humans who shot, clubbed or threw so-called seal bombs at the mammals. From the Contra Costa Times. Others swim, play and jostle with one another.

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Seals Sea Lions Lions Wounded 100

Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

intelligence, having a sense of past and future, having social ties, being a mammal or a bird). Here are some of the my favorite quotes: In reality, species don't evolve toward greater humanness but toward greater adaptiveness in their ecological niche (105). Today's nonhuman apes don't represent earlier stages in human development.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Despite, or maybe because of the active human intervention, quite a few species can be seen in a couple hours in the morning. (I I am accustomed to seeing a Coyote or two on each visit I make to the park in the early morning before bikers, dog-walkers, joggers, and humanity in general get out and about.

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Coyotes California Mammals Sparrows 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. Cattle Egret has been introduced by humans to Hawaii and the Seychelles.

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Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 2, 2010: **The USDA and National Institutes of Health find animal welfare violations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; **the Catalan Parliament in Spain finally votes to ban bullfighting in the region; **the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, CA has a record year for marine life suffering from illness (..)

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AETA Marine Life Animal Welfare Wisconsin 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2016

Perhaps the best experience of the two days I spend offshore was not a bird, but a mammal. As it was when a small pod of Gervais’ Beaked Whales, small whales that look like bulked up Bottlenosed Dolphins tolerated our approach and allowed us to have a surreal experience with this mysterious marine mammal.

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