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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

10,000 Birds

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.) The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. Whales have a blow hole and fins, and they swim all the time. Cows do not.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions.