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Swimming with dolphins

10,000 Birds

Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. Dolphins are basically just smart sharks that breath air. Now don’t get me wrong, I like dolphins. And dolphins can do bad things.

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Dolphin and Cat Play Together (Video)

4 The Love Of Animals

Click the image to see the full article and video of an amazing interaction between a cat and a dolphin. Things like this always make me happy, it’s so fun to see such curiosity between two animals that would normally never meet. Doesn’t it make you wish we could all be so friendly?

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On Dolphins as a Gateway to Animal Rights

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I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them.

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A couple of facts :D

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• Tigers and other big cats are able to mimic other animals, tigers in specific mimic deer, bear, cattle and monkeys and the South American Margay can mimic the call of baby monkeys to lore adults. Deer, cattle, camel and goats are more closely related to dolphins and whales then they are with horses. . •

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

10,000 Birds

How many birds to cats kill in the United States? A recent meta study ( The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States ) that applied strict inclusion criteria and some fancy statistics estimates that 2.4 billion birds, plus or minus more than a billion, are killed by cats every year in the US.

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Unlikely Animal Friends

4 The Love Of Animals

From dolphins and dogs who are swimming buddies, playful cheetahs and puppies who are best friends, owls and kitties playing leapfrog and much more! Are you ready for hours of the cutest animal video ever? Then be sure to tune in to Unlikely Animal Friends over this Thanksgiving break.

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The Marvelous Self-Awareness of Elephants: Insights into their Intelligent Minds

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Most animals, including dogs and cats, cannot recognize themselves in a mirror, but a few species can, including chimpanzees, dolphins, and elephants. Self-awareness refers to the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror or another reflective surface, and it's considered a sign of higher cognitive abilities.