10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ). A master’s thesis found that for Spotted Thick-knee s living in urban environments, the two biggest causes of injury or death were domestic dogs followed by ‘pool drownings’.

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

Though it was well-known to the Native American populations that shared its space, the black-footed ferret was overlooked by Lewis and Clark and all subsequent Euro-American expeditions, remaining officially unknown to science until John James Audubon, his sons, and the Rev. Second chances like this are the stuff of legend.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

I wasn’t there to birdwatch, however, I was volunteering with Wildlife ACT, a conservation organisation that provides science monitoring to the parks of Zululand in South Africa (and increasingly, beyond). The park did have a pack of African Wild Dogs, or Painted Wolves, the species I had gone to Africa to see.

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South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 152

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

You’d think, then, that applying science to philosophy by studying the evolutionary underpinnings of thought and behavior across species would be right up my alley. I love grappling with big ideas, but dislike the tendency to extrapolate endless sky-bridges of thought and constantly redefine terms.

Morals 119

Morals Animal Humane Research 119

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

And if you look into it enough, it presents a classic case where science can fail us. I believe in science. Science is based on logic and evidence, which I think is a very respectable way to look at the world. But what many people fail to realize, and too often scientists themselves, is that science is elastic.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Duncan chose a mammal! Okay, I accept this is somewhat unconventional, but I can’t get away from the fact that the Painted Wolf , or African Wild Dog , comes up every time I try and think about this. I love participating in citizen science! Greg might have chosen a bird that he didn’t see but at least it was a bird!

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 189