article thumbnail

Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

Useful species were ones you could eat, or hunt, or preferably both, which is why New Zealand had several species of deer, the alpine goat-antelopes known as the Chamois and the Himalayan Tahr introduced. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry.

article thumbnail

The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey.

Emotional 100