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Orcas Have Some Pretty Big Brains

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They have the second largest brains of all marine mammals. Tags: captivity animal ethics marine animals Orcas. That's pretty impressive and demands a deeply introspective review of how we treat them.

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The Why of Ferrets

10,000 Birds

When the South Dakota ferret numbers began dropping, they captured nine animals in hopes of starting a captive breeding population. All the wild ferrets by 1974, and all the kits born to the nine captives, and finally the last of the captive animals in 1979. But the ferrets kept dying.

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