10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Despite the fact that efforts are made to ensure they are not imprinted on humans, they are naturally confiding, even friendly. Many have been shot since the project started, despite a great deal of publicity raising awareness of the birds. Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience.
Critter News
APRIL 24, 2012
The reemergence of mad cow disease, discovered in a California dairy cow, could have major implications for the state’s meat industry, even though officials have said that the human food supply is unaffected. Beef cattle are raised in nearly every California county. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy hasn’t been found in U.S.
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4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. “Humans are unique. Hare could run a very profitable shell game.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2015
When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small. Nadeem and Mohammed have received numerous honors, including a Special Award for Humane Enforcement at the India for Animals Conference this year in Jaipur.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2017
He has studied bird sound since 2003, and his Earbirding website (co-owned with Andrew Spencer) has blog posts dating back to 2009. The posts are on diverse aspects of bird sound, from recording equipment and techniques to taxonomy to identification to hearing loss (human, not bird), and make an entertaining complement to the field guide.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
to have and raise children. Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am Hi Laurent, that is a fascinating example of humans responding to difficult environmental challenges. Should we see a parallel between the alpine accentor and traditional populations of the highest mountains in the world? In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2012
No human can divine what a mated pair of geese or eagles may feel for one another, but stories abound of birds,especially Canada Geese , who spurned all offers from members of the opposite sex for years after a mate was killed. Needless to say, this makes them quite pleasant to raise. Did Vanna love his cage partner? Would they return?
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