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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
But the seal industry doesn't care. Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may be more durable than the other animal tissue. The research at Laval University is still in the earliest stages.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2015
The magnificent view from the Cliff House includes the Seal Rocks just offshore. Isla Rasa was declared a sanctuary in 1964, and egg-collecting and disturbance during the breeding season are discouraged. It’s all of the things I learn about different birds from researching to write posts.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed. April 14, 2012 Liquid oil still seeps from some Louisiana marshes and ongoing research of toxicity levels is being conducted by LSU researchers.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Ottenby Nature Reserve is run by The Swedish Ornithological Society and visitors can observe researchers collecting data and birds being caught in the mist nest and funnel traps on site. This island is home to roughly 400 wooden windmills that pattern the landscape and Ottenby Nature Reserve and Lighthouse on the southern tip.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
We returned to Lake Argyle before heading into town and the male Great Bowerbirds still had a bower in a very similar spot to last year with a similar collection of rocks and bones. They were collecting it and carrying it away for nesting under the culverts. Fairy Martin collecting mud. Bower at Lake Argyle.
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