10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Blog readers sharing their house with a noisy teenager may consider replacing him or her with a Brown-headed Parrot , given this statement on a pet website : “Brown-Headed Parrot boasts another very desirable trait – these are very quiet parrots! Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability. Ostriches originated in Asia.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

I suspect that many readers of this blog are Christians but not vegetarians. For example, we will not claim that Martin is opposed to moral vegetarianism because he likes to eat meat without a guilty conscience. KBJ: There are different reasons to abstain from meat. At no point will we speculate about Martin’s motives.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Of course, it is hard to resist looking at a paper titled “Host personality predicts cuckoo egg rejection in Daurian redstarts” Basically, the personality of a female redstart (bold or shy) predicts the responses to parasitic eggs – bold hosts are more likely to reject parasitic eggs. Not this one though.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 197

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Spock: Most families have become more conscious about the fat content of meats, and many are choosing the lower-fat cuts. The healthiest diets of all, however, go a step further, and get their nutrients from beans, grains, vegetables, and fruits rather than from meats. There is no need for infants to be raised on cow's milk formulas.

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