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Unlikely Animal Friends

4 The Love Of Animals

Are you ready for hours of the cutest animal video ever? Then be sure to tune in to Unlikely Animal Friends over this Thanksgiving break. NAT GEO WILD is sharing some of the most unlikely of animal friendships! Watch a clip of an owl and the pussycat: What about an adorable cheetah and a Labrador puppy?

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Fire and Rain

10,000 Birds

I wondered, last August, how animals endure it — the tiny ever-pumping lungs of hummingbirds, the lungs of bighorn sheep shouldering their way up mountains, they must get filled with smoke too, right? It’s not good for people who work outdoors, or who have asthma or damaged lungs. On the whole, people do not value them.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?

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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

I was high and happy, not from “420” drugs but from the altitude and the anticipation of seeing woodpeckers and owls I had never seen before. Coming down from the emotional high we noticed our grumbling stomachs: time to eat. All bird and animal pictures are Brad’s. I am not a fan of American restaurants.

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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

10,000 Birds

What does a Flammulated Owl do all night? Non-human beings have traditionally thought of on a basically immoral level…they lack any intrinsic values, are incapable of thoughts and emotions, and are only worth how good of a coat they make or how good they taste. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

The rare Rufous Fishing Owl was one of the many species seen by the group here. It was completely unharmed as the hunter had climbed a tree to catch it, so we agreed to purchase the poor animal and after taking a few images and ensuring the hunter was gone, we released it and with mixed emotions watched as it climbed high into a massive tree.

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

They are all wonderful people and they are all animal lovers. But I’ve learned we love animals in very different ways. I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods. ” My sister said, “Sounds like a plan to me.