4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The work of these researchers won’t just satisfy the curiosity of the millions of people who love their dogs; it may also lead to more effective ways to train ordinary dogs or–more important–working dogs that can sniff out bombs and guide the blind. They have us very well trained. and Europe.

Wolves 100

Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

Or, as Dunning and Kruger wrote when they published their results in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology : People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. Fascinating, no? But what, I can hear 10,000 Birds readers asking, does this have to do with birding?

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Bald Eagle Eagles Psychology Birds 181

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. The photograph is a technological product, of course, the result of many photographic images combined. And, a shorebird is not the image leading off the introduction to The Colbert Report. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk.

North America 222

North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 222

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

He requests that after his death his wife prepare a lavish dinner with him as the main course. But recent experiments with chimpanzees suggest that the day may be near when we can ask trained chimpanzees if they want to be eaten for food. The members of his family have no objections; on the contrary, they rather relish the idea.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40