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Lovebirds in the Limelight

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In case you missed it, today’s Google Doodle managed to reference not only the current Winter Olympics in South Korea, but also the fact that it’s Valentine’s Day.

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South Dakota Governor Wants Livestock Research Facility

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Research on animals is research on animals. Mike Rounds wants a biotech animal research facility built in South Dakota. The summit on genetically engineered animal technologies drew about 200 people from as far as South Korea and New Zealand. From the High Plains Journal.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. If you are a person who enjoys analyzing the stuff regurgitated by bird chicks, you probably wish to have participated in a study looking at the diet of Yellow Bitterns in South Korea. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom ( source ). of catching extremely small fish.

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Ruppy the glowing puppy

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Ruppy and four other beagles are the first dogs to glow, though the experiment has taken place in other animals. They do their work at the Seoul National University in South Korea. Byeong-Chun Lee and his team created the dogs by cloning fibroblast cells that create a red fluorescent gene.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. coromandus.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

This is a delicate issue that needs to be handled with sensitivity by leaders in Seoul and Washington, so that the question of beef does not derail the important free-trade agreement with South Korea being considered by Congress. South Korea is a tremendous ally of the United States.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

BENNETT Jeju, South Korea, Sept. Unless we start taking wildlife crime seriously and allocate the resources necessary to tackle a sophisticated and well-financed global criminal network, elephants and other charismatic species will continue their tragic slide into oblivion. ELIZABETH L.