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On Dominance and Animal Birth Control

Animal Person

Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority , mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I've often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance on animal birth control.

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Birding Shanghai in March 2023

10,000 Birds

Alas, it seems they were already gone from Tianmashan in March. The Light-vented Bulbul apparently benefits from being a social animal, which I personally (being not very social) find a bit unfair. At least that is how it is among Common Rosefinches : older males sing with a longer strophe length than yearlings.

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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology

Animal Person

But " Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism " is a great look back at how we humans have managed to always find a way to consider ourselves unique, despite what the reality of the nonhuman world tells us. Here are some of my favorite passages. [S]ince

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Creature Update

Animal Person

Vetsulin was the perfect new product, except for the fact that it's animal (pig) based, unlike human insulins, and then there was the problem with quality control that was first reported last year. But alas, the supply has dwindled. Once again, I am reminded of the micro aspect of helping animals.