Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2012
Full article on Food Safety News. The law, finalized in 1999, comes after a 12-year "phase-out" period meant to allow egg farmers time to implement the costly transition away from battery cages. According to the Scotsman newspaper, replacing battery cages with more-hospitable "enriched" cages has alone cost U.K. As of Jan.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2013
I only mention this because a traditional Blue Moon is currently sailing slowly past my window and I had no idea of its significance until I came across an article in www.space.com. If you have a Canon DSLR camera, select the “Sensor Cleaning/ Clean Manually” facility from the menu (first ensure that you have a full battery).
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
This short article reports that Vancouver, BC is considering a measure similar to Prop 2 in California, but there are concerns amongst advocates of the poor. But with battery eggs costing about $2 a dozen and organic free-range eggs costing between $5 and $6 a dozen, the impact of the proposed change goes beyond poultry.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Other useful information in the Wikipedia article includes the factoid that it shows very rapid ingestion rates, taking on average 6 seconds for the prey to reach the stomach after capture (motto of this blog: We read Wikipedia for you so you do not have to). of its hunts are successful.
Animal Person
APRIL 6, 2010
At least there is a similar response given by the scientists in this article who study animals. Researchers conducted experiments in a lab, then released the animals into the wild, making sure to note that "This was a much harder part of the study, and involved lugging around of batteries," and found similar results.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2013
I usually enjoy collections of articles and essays, they allow me to sample different writers and different ideas. She writes, “it is entirely possible that by 2050, Battery Park City, the Rockaways, Coney Island, Alphabet City, Red Hook, Jersey City, and much of the financial district will all be drowned land.”
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2019
Some time ago, I published a series of birding-for-beginners articles in my local birding magazine. Ben Lizdas commented somewhere how fascinated he is with optics: in this electronic era, the top-notch binoculars are true high-tech, yet they work without batteries. Where do you stand in the analogue vs. digital discussion?
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