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USDA tracking bird flu spillover events in mammals

AVMA News

Mountain lions, bottlenose dolphins, and striped skunks are among a long list of wild animals infected during the largest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in U.S.

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Reddit Animals

i need someone to tell me please what is more closely related: a shark and a dolphin VS. a bird and a butterfly. does this make sense also please answer thank you submitted by /u/dweezilbop [link] [comments]

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Swimming with dolphins

10,000 Birds

Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. Dolphins are basically just smart sharks that breath air. Now don’t get me wrong, I like dolphins. And dolphins can do bad things.

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Scientific question: are dolphins brains fragile?

Reddit Animals

I know all brains are fragile, but if you look at a dolphin skull, it does not have a brain case, but just fat for the protection of the brain, so does that make it more fragile? submitted by /u/Person_in_existens [link] [comments]

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Is Dolphin Therapy Cruel to Dolphins?

Critter News

Knowing now how highly intelligent these animals are, I am very resistant to "using" them for therapy. The dolphin-therapy business has been booming, fueled in part by the rapid growth in diagnoses of childhood mental disorders such as autism. Tags: dolphin. From the Washington Post.

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Dog and Dolphins

4 The Love Of Animals

It’s so fun to watch the dolphins and dog interact through the glass. Dog and Dolphins originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 26, 2010.

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On Dolphins as a Gateway to Animal Rights

Animal Person

I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. You could be for or against animal rights and believe the gateway theory. You could be for or against animal rights and believe the gateway theory.

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