Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Anyway, India is appealing to its other neighbors which would include Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. They have been pretty frustrated with China, who really doesn't give a rip about tigers.unless they can raise them on farms for "medicinal" harvest and other capitalist pursuits.

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India Tigers Bhutan Bangladesh 100

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MAY 11, 2013

Such is the case with the Pink-headed Duck , Rhodonessa caryophyllacea , a native of India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. We can draw matters out according to our own inclinations of hope or despair. But when it comes to the moment of extinction, often we cannot know. Is it extinct? The debate has raged since the 1950s.

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Myanmar Bangladesh Ducks Wisconsin 184

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Some scientists at Chittagong University, Bangladesh observed the behavior of Stork-billed Kingfisher and Pied Kingfisher at – guess where – Chittagong University campus (presumably they have some problems expensing travel costs). A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. Or speluncaphobia?

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 198

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Mammals of South Asia (Paperback) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Pages 173 Dimensions 14 × 22.8 I clearly needed a mammal book. Highly recommended.

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Mammals Asia Sri Lanka Bhutan 171

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DECEMBER 24, 2014

On December 9th, a tanker slammed into another vessel inside the Chandpai dolphin sanctuary in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is doing all it can. Conservation Bangladesh oil Sundarbans' Photo (c) by Arati Kumar-Rao. I know you do. Now, add an oil spill into that picture. Photo (c) by Arati Kumar-Rao.

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Bangladesh Dolphins Fish Cooking 180

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

In 1974 we shipped four times as much food to Cambodia and South Vietnam as to starving Bangladesh and Swahelian Africa. The government’s policy has been (and it is likely that it will continue to be) to sell grain to those countries that are able to pay and to those countries in whom we perceive our national security interest.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

In Bangladesh, apparently , they conduct studies like this one titled “The vertebrate fauna of the Teachers’ Quarters-2 of Saidpur Cantonment Public School and College, Nilphamari, Bangladesh” And yes, they have Greater Coucals in the teachers’ quarters. When teachers are not teaching, what do they do?

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Birds Bangladesh China India 171

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JUNE 24, 2024

Finally, the Orange-necked Partridge. It was only discovered in 1927, and until 1991, it was unclear whether it still existed ( source ).

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Vietnam Birds Woodpeckers Bangladesh 197

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

A slight hint – the title of the study is “Activity patterns of pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) and stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) at the Chittagong university campus, Bangladesh” … Chinese Penduline T**s apparently bury their eggs inside their nests to prevent them from falling out of the nests on windy days.

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 191