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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

10,000 Birds

” A group of nine researchers published a paper titled “Exploring the fecal microbiome of the Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)” Makes you wonder what they talked about during their lunch breaks. Bad news for splitters, but good news for people like me who would not be able to make such a fine distinction anyway.

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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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Scientist Advocacy Group Oppose Some Animal Testing

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Here's a group I've never heard of. I found a link to them on ANIMAL's blog (ANIMAL is a Portuguese animal rights group.) These scientists are NOT an animal rights group. They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless.

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Flock to Marion

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So, I anxiously followed the “Flock to Marion 2022” Facebook group in anticipation for open cabins to come up for sale. These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences. I waited…and waited…and waited.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people. Although one member of the group spotted a mother with two cubs, I have not.

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The 20 best birds of Belgrade and where to find them

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Eurasian Scops Owl is a bird of open forests and scattered trees, parks, orchards, abandoned houses, etc. In the city, it avoids deeper and larger forests (a domain of the next two species), but visits small groups of trees or tree-lined streets. Middle Spotted Woodpecker is a species of well-developed forests.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Nonetheless, they adjusted their behavior to allow Babyl to remain with the group. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. by Marc Bekoff.

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