10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2022

The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses , aptly sets forth her thesis – though the “wonder” it refers to could equally well be used to describe animal (not just human) senses, as she shows in fascinating detail.

Humane 257

Humane New York Owls Hunting 257

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

If you’re feeling fearful or ignorant, well, I can recommend vox.com’s coverage (as in most things), but you could also do worse that picking up Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. The disease had killed a tourist like ourselves.

Humane 165

Humane Animal Africa Ukraine 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2021

Giant anteaters, giant otters, giant armadillos, giant river turtles, giant termites and giant waterlilies that can sustain the weight of a human baby! Ok, maybe not the vampire bat…but some of the more “cuddly” species are actually quite easy to see. A vicero gets his horse ready to look for giant anteaters.

Guyana 279

Guyana Otters South America Colombia 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

were the site which the nasty hemorrhagic fever Marburg jumped from Egyptian Fruit Bats to some unlucky tourists visiting the caves. Egyptian Fruit Bats. And then there’s the bats. And for all that I am playing with how dangerous these bats are, the fact is they probably aren’t. This is as close as we got.

Bats 196

Bats Pythons Uganda Burundi 196