Critter News
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. I say "good for her!" She has a lot more guts than I do.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2013
Birds are less compelling to human interest than our fellow primates, in many regards, but surely they are more arresting than a big wad of tentacled whale chow. Come on — obviously Photoshopped! Now why should this be? Unexplained! and Canada” often with cameras at ready.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990. The Ethiopian population of this little known, long-bearded primate forms an isolated population restricted to this area, so this was a very satisfying find.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. Not only that, but she stayed there long enough for the three to return to camp, collect up the rest of the incredulous group, and bring them all back to enjoy the sighting for themselves.”
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. Older collections, which often involved putting lots of stuff in boxes and ignoring it while focusing on a few sexy finds, are full of things that have not been looked at carefully.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2018
Er, I mean, to not include the whales when you collect data on food type, body size, and ranging patterns. People use the terms “primate” and “monkey” interchangeably, and refer to such things as lemurs as monkeys. Monkey is a common, not scientific, term.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
This was the idea originally proposed to explain unbelievably huge sexual swellings in primates, to let males know who the females are. Birds (or other animals) need to be whacked on the head with some over the top obvious signal of something important or they won’t notice it.
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