10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2014
Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So So pigs are camels, as you probably already suspected.) PNAS 2012 109 (27) 10927–10930; published ahead of print June 4, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1204026109). Cows do not.
Critter News
DECEMBER 15, 2008
Earlier this year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced that it will offer a $1 million X Prize for the creation of affordable, humane, and "commercially viable" test-tube meat by 2012. These harvested cells are taken from an animal, such as a pig, and placed in a "nutrient-rich medium" that mimics blood.
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Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. 20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” People who study pigs say they are as intelligent as a 3-year-old child, smarter even than the dogs we share our homes with.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
I think every naturalist in the United States knows the outlines of this urban tale: The pristine marshes of New Jersey are poisoned by pollution, toxic waste, pig farms, and probably every single way in which human beings can destroy the environment. The Nature of the Meadowlands is a celebration of an environmental success story.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2013
photo of Elizabeth Gehrman: Ingrid Skousgard, 2012. Beacon Press, 2012. Highly recommended for birders and naturalists in need of a good environmental real life fairy tale, complete with eccentric prince. —————-. by Elizabeth Gehrman. Hardcover, 256 pages. Kindle edition available.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
The First Fleet were also responsible for the arrival of pigs that have become feral and inhabit approximately 40% of Australia and cause competition for water and generally damage all pasture. On another occasion in 2012 we had four Rock Doves on a power line in town.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2013
JOHOR, MALAYSIA, DECEMBER 2012 – If you’re traveling to Singapore for birding, you might want to think outside the box or, in this case, the island. Some of the best birding in the area is just 90 minutes or so north in peninsular Malaysia, home of the infamous Panti Forest. All in all, a memorable Malaysian experience.
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