10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
One strange thing about Chongming is the inevitable presence of people fishing. Not professionally – these people come in SUVs and probably never recapture their gas money from the fish they catch (though come to think of it, neither do I with my bird photos). of catching extremely small fish.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 25, 2011
The Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish. But there was never anything as fascinating as the Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish. My sons and I have had little luck with Siamese fighting fish. Well, as close a bond as a man can form with a Siamese fighting fish. by Garth Stein. Gruesome, I know.)
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Both pelicans have a very specialized foraging strategy that depends on abundant fish near the surface. They dive-plunge to scoop-in fish in schools with its long bill and expandable throat pouch. Changes in fish abundance and location near the surface has caused catastrophic die-offs in the Peruvian Pelican.
Animal Person
MARCH 9, 2010
A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I've read Joan Dunayer. And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why. Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture."
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
We documented Least Terns fishing for their young in oil-contaminated water Likewise with Caspian Terns Several ospreys had visible traces of oil, a result of fishing in contaminated water May 7, 2010 The failed container dome is lowered onto the wellhead. Traces of hydrocarbon poisoning are showing up in fish species.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Adult kites are also known to abandon their chicks when they are unable to find enough food for the chicks and themselves. The reason exotic snails have reached such high number at the stormwater treatment ponds is perhaps due to the lack or low numbers of fish that feed on newly hatched snails. Female Everglade Snail Kite.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?
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