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Why Justice for Animals Is the Social Movement of Our Time

Animal Ethics

Elephants, great apes, orcas, dogs, cats, and many other animals can experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and compulsive disorders. "There is no longer dispute among serious scientists that humans aren’t the only animals who have the capacity to suffer physically and mentally.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

That means crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking, according to the research. They believe it is the first documented case of birds making detours to avoid destructive weather systems on the basis of infrasound.

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

10,000 Birds

And one of the things you do is to study old documents, and you have this old book, this very very old book, that chronicles the life and times of some historic people in some historic period, but you don’t know exactly when it is from or where it was written. Imagine you study history.

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