Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 3, 2023
How often do we try to give animals a way to talk? It seems like the idea that animals are, in a sense, trying to talk [to you] is not a common thought. And I'm not saying that I expect animals to literally talk. And I'm not saying that I expect animals to literally talk. Do we do it enough?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2014
The use of tool by animals is surprisingly rare. I find fascinating the fact that Egyptian Vultures , New Caledonian Crows and Woodpecker Finches learned to use a tool with tremendous success. Further support for inherent behavior comes from experiments. Woodpecker Finch using a tool. The behavior was inherent.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. Still, I wish I had prepared. I wish I had read this book. They complement Kricher’s text.,
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?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. It turns out, for example, that “Theory of Mind” is very rare in the animal kingdom. But that’s another story.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2018
This is why the Yellow Warblers and Baltimore Orioles of summer don’t linger to experience October 31st, and even late fall migrants like kinglets and sparrows move to slightly warmer regions. Lacking the benefit of heated shelters, birds must heed that warning or perish. Spectacled Owl. Hummingbirds.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
So here it is, the review of Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen. The species accounts include a description of the main field characters (in case tracking an animal actually leads to an encouter!), Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe.
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