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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures

Critter News

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

10,000 Birds

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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