10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

In German, if you are a rodent and you are smaller than – say – a human hand, you’re a mouse. And finally, there will be Marsh Harriers everywhere breeding in grain fields instead of reeds. You’re not a vole or a gerbil. If however you are a larger “mouse”-like rodent you are a rat.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 14, 2013

My human kept me in an enclosed porch because, let’s face it, I was crawling with fleas and pretty filthy. We dogs are wired by nature to be humans’ companions. It’s the result of thousands of years of breeding. After all, dogs have the longest history of co-habitation with humans of any animal. I was safe.

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