10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

If you’re feeling fearful or ignorant, well, I can recommend vox.com’s coverage (as in most things), but you could also do worse that picking up Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. The book is about zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to people.

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Humane Animal Africa Ukraine 161

Animal Person

MAY 11, 2009

Yesterday's " Do Small Victories Affect Big Picture in Animal Rights Debate? Here's the set-up: The European Parliament endorsed a ban on seal products. restaurants by animal rights activists." Notwithstanding their local tactical victories, are animal rights protesters really as effective as they appear?

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Foie Gras Seals Protest Protesting 100

Animal Person

MAY 17, 2009

Let's deconstruct the concept: Do you think that people who have spent their lives harming animals by eating them, just like I did and much of my family still does, deserve a second chance? Is fighting and killing dogs the same thing? Like clubbing a seal to death? Is Vick a special kind of creep for what he did?

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Foie Gras Michael Vick New York Times Seals 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed. August 4, 2010 ‘Static kill’ attempt to stop the oil leak is successful, though more mud may still have to be pumped into the well to close it permanently.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

By weird things I don’t mean human weird things, like for example wasting their time in wild places looking for unusual feathered animals and ticking them off a list, but things that fall outside of their usual repertoire of normal behaviour. It is easy to forget sometimes that birds can do weird things. And the hole looks fairly fresh.

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Albatross Hawaii Seals Parrots 177

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

If your pet has any access to your work site, be extremely careful to seal off and store any paints, solvents, glue, caulk, or other liquids, well out of your pets reach. Take birds and other sensitive animals outdoors. Depending on the length of the project, you should include food, water, and toys, and check in frequently.

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Pets Dallas Mammals Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. As Mattison says, “Frogs are unlikely to be mistaken for any other type of animal.” And, they look like frogs.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And whether the return is a permanent one or not remains to be seen as those factors sealing my fate as a regular contributor are still binding me to this day. So, they cleverly would hijack unpopular animals or people as placeholders for the devil and then swear to their heart’s delight. Well folks, it’s been a while.

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Germany Birds Hunters Owls 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Elizabeth Bradfield’s “Buried Birds” muses on seabirds as a way of understanding feelings of difference, giving one of the book’s finest quotes: “We resonate with certain animals, I believe, because they are physical embodiment of an answer we are seeking.

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New York City Birds Owls Fox 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

The Sperm Whale is the fourth largest whale, and the largest toothed whale (and animal) in the world. The boat moves quickly past interesting things; Northern Giant Petrels , Buller’s Shearwaters , White-capped Albatrosses , New Zealand Fur Seals (I understand they will pause to see dolphins).

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Whales Whaling Albatross New Zealand 198

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Picking it would just be sealing the deal – as it’s already on the official seal too. Pros – it can kill you (like most proper Australian animals), is essentially a dinosaur. This awesome bird actually tried to kill me. Cons – is almost extinct. I’m not even joking.

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Australia Chickens Birds Seals 176