4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans. Many also learn responsibility, compassion, and empathy from having pets. Below, Paul Mann, Founder and CEO of FETCH!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay. And that’s just in the lowlands!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

If you know or hear of other examples, please let me know and I will add them to this list. yourbirdoasis, I added a list of some examples which I had found. Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am Hi Laurent, that is a fascinating example of humans responding to difficult environmental challenges. Davies et al. Any reason?

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