10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2022
“I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2014
At any rate, my brief visit to Sepilok showed me that it is a worthy destination in its own right. We heard, but didn’t see, a Brown Wood-ow l, and best of all a massive cat-sized Red Giant Flying Squirrel and a rabbit-sized Sunda Stink-badger. It isn’t worth worrying about too much. A pair of mating vipers.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
They are part of the scarab beetle complex and over 300 species have been described, occurring not only in Africa but also Europe, Asia and the Americas. They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." was advertised to online customers as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar." Why is the dog subjected to such unspeakable cruelty?
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