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The Little Big Year-Week 44: Off to the islands ‘Mon

10,000 Birds

Yikes, plan “B” was quickly formed and we made the short walk to the Zoo, Gardens and Conservation center of the same name. This fairly good sized piece of property is a mix of petting zoo, education center and rehabilitation center for birds and animals. Here is one of those Ani’s sunning it’s self. L ittle Big Year species – 1280.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. Sometimes the matriarch would even feed Babyl.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

One of the first examples I ever encountered was in the books of Gerald Durrell, the famous conservationist who was an early pioneer of the roles of zoos in conservation. He often defended that role in his books from animal rights activists who opposed “imprisoning” animals in zoos even if it saved them from extinction.