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A Fierce Cartoon Bird: Steller’s Sea Eagle on Hokkaido

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But marrying a widow and thus getting access to scientific information was not the only remarkable event in his life.

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Newly Hatched Baby Birds Actually Look Kinda Like Dinosaurs

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Their nest, which is one way of differentiating these species, is started with bark flakes and lumps of earth laid on the floor of the cavity; with a cup of finer bark shreds, grasses and rootlets, but mainly lined with fur, wool, hair, and feathers. The nestling has darker down and whiter gape flanges than the nuthatch nestlings.

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

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This behavior is not at all out of character for Tufted Titmice as is explained on All About Birds : They line this cup with soft materials such as hair, fur, wool, and cotton, sometimes plucking hairs directly from living mammals.

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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures

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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. They'll exploit anything to try to save their barbaric trade and, if they can use guilt, even better.

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Poop From The Front End Of The Bird

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It’s not fecal material, but parts that are not digestible like fur, bones and the exoskeletons of insects. For example, since eagles and hawks tend to rip their prey apart and have stronger digestive acids, their pellets look like wads of fur. Birds will barf them back up out of their mouths.

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Pets Can Change Anyone

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Maybe you’ve seen those little balls of fur captivate those around you, or maybe you’ve even been captivated yourself. The dogs, they were for working, herding cows, etc. She currently works along with Coffee Home Direct, researching fair-trade green coffee. You can follow her on Twitter @hopesiempre. Pets can change anyone.

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Lapland Adventure

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Its family must have flown south Finding mammals is always a challenge: we saw Red Foxes several times, and Red Squirrels daily, though disappointingly the majority sported grey rather than red fur. Reindeer cow A grey Red Squirrel The post Lapland Adventure first appeared on 10,000 Birds.

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