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Handler interactions with animals

Reddit Animals

What’s your opinion on zookeepers and/or owners of dangerous animals like big cats, apes etc interacting with the animals? I understand these people are pros and know what they are doing and most likely these animals were raised by them but do you agree with it? Like no barrier between them. Do you think it’s right or wrong?

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Kinabatangan – Borneo’s Mighty River

10,000 Birds

The lodge is unusual in having a raised walkway behind the lodge, allowing those of us keen to bird or watch wildlife when most normal people are resting in the middle of the day. Trips apes Birding Borneo' I quickly stepped out and went around the block of rooms to get a better look! Orangutans never get old.

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Four wings good two wings better?

10,000 Birds

This raises an interesting question: Did these early birds have four wings, or three tails?). In human evolution, teeth did a two step from typical ape-sized teeth to mega-teeth to teeth small for an ape.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

Critter News

I do not claim to have the answer, but I think it is certainly worthwhile to raise the question: Why, exactly, all over the civilized world, in virtually every major city, are apes in prison? Like other mammals, they are capable of strong emotions. They have certainly committed no crimes.

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

10,000 Birds

Their scientific name is Theropithecus gelada, the former word meaning “beast-ape” in Greek. Gelada communications include intense staring with raised eyebrows. Gelada lip flare and yawn. Photo by Adam Riley. As mentioned earlier, Geladas spend their nights on inaccessible cliffs, where they sleep on ledges.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

Hare suspects that the evolutionary pressures that turned suspicious wolves into outgoing dogs were similar to the ones that turned combative apes into cooperative humans. That’s a skill that seems to be limited to great apes and humans. See pictures of Presidents and Their Dogs. Evolving Gifts. “Humans are unique.

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