10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whales are cows. So, for example, humans are apes. If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. Even though whales are cows. Cows do not. Nor do camels.

Camels 195

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 195

Animal Person

AUGUST 19, 2009

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? If you're going to call something an anthropological adventure, it would make sense to teach the kids about the other animals humans eat and give the kids the opportunity to prepare and eat dog, cat and monkey, no? But I bet anything doesn't go. One is male.

Cooking 100

Cooking Chickens Factory Monkeys 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

In spite of this New Zealand does have an iconic family of birds that has served as an emblem for the country for over a century, the kiwi. There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans.

New Zealand 142

New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 142

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2024

A couple bends along the trail and it seemed as if we were out of human contact by a thousand miles. Spider monkeys swung through the highest branches, occasionally letting themselves fall to only a few boughs below, to peer curiously at these poorly adapted bipeds. A Screaming Piha cemented the ambience as one of true wilderness.

Guyana 194

Guyana Parrots Trinidad Woodpeckers 194