10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version.

Turkey 197

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 197

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2015

It is one of the ancestors of domestic fowl. Other species I can recognize are colloquially called crocodile bark tree, due to the bark pattern, and paper bark. Bigger than the African Buffalo or the American Bison, it is the largest land animal after the Elephant, Rhino, the Hippopotamus and the Giraffe. February 2013.

Tigers 244

Tigers Boars India Chickens 244

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. First, it may be argued that only animals who can feel pain are not to be eaten. One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?” Animals in the wild try to escape from hunters.)

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40