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I found something very strange and meatlike in my backyard, and have no clue what it is. Any idea what this horrifying object is? It was on the ground near a pine tree [MI]

Reddit Animals

Content warning- this is a gross meaty blob - picture of the thing (ignore the glass in the bag, I was cleaning and this was going in the trash anyway so I added the mystery meat to the same bag) In terms of size, my partner estimated that it was 'about a 6 ounce filet' which has put me off steaks for a while.

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Don't Eat Camel - Eat Schmeat!

Critter News

I'd rather not any meat at all, thank you, but for those meat addicts like my husband, this could help. Earlier this year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced that it will offer a $1 million X Prize for the creation of affordable, humane, and "commercially viable" test-tube meat by 2012.

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How to ‘treat’ your cat right

4 The Love Of Animals

By and large, human food does not make good cat treats, although there are a few things that are suitable if prepared with care. Made with chicken meal, ground corn, rice, animal fat and dried meat by-products, these are one hundred percent nutritionally complete and there are no artificial flavorings, fillers or preservatives.

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Which Food Is Better for Your Dog?

4 The Love Of Animals

Burns dog food comes in both forms and like all brands, has the ingredients and nutritional values printed on the packs just like human foods. With wet food there is an airtight package used which means that the oils and fats within the meat do not go off. Each has its advantages and disadvantages and you should note them carefully.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

The bottom line is that there are many reasons why human-animal interactions are so often inconsistent and paradoxical. Thousands of studies have demonstrated that human thinking about nearly everything is surprisingly irrational” (65). . The campaign to moralize meat has largely been a failure. But I’m merely making his point.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation. As the names and habitats imply, not all owl species are alike, in behavior, adaptation, relationship to humans, and in how humans perceive them.

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Searching for vultures in India

10,000 Birds

Yes, some gruesome graphic content follows, but don’t blame me, you have been warned. Cows are considered sacred by majority of Hindus so cow meat is generally not consumed. Of the estimated 500 million cattle in India, only 4% were destined for consumption by humans as meat. What was the weirdest place you ever birded?

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