10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2013
People ascribe near mythic status to the members of the family Delphinidae (and other related families). Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. Dolphins are basically just smart sharks that breath air.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
Volunteering provides a very different experience to tourism though. In the Bahamas I swam in a pod of feeding dolphins. Ugandan Mangabeys were part of my family once. And come the new year I’ll be telling you all about my experiences this time around. In Belize I cruised above reefs few people had ever seen.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
The guide is based on Sullivan’s composite photographic plates, which present whales, dolphins, shearwaters and petrels, alcids, jaegers, skuas, tropicbirds, gannet and boobies, flying fish, jellyfish side by side, as they are likely to be seen from a boat, though in all likelihood not in so much diversity and abundance.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. People have reported dolphins struggling to save a dead calf by pushing its body to the surface of the water. Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. by Marc Bekoff.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Despite depicting 540 species/56 families, it is a lightweight book of 173 pages, easy to pack and carry. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales. Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.).
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
It is acceptable to point out other sea creatures–dolphins or whales or dragonflies–but the main goal is the observation and identification of the birds. Not all of the group introductions go into this much depth, but they all provide clues for separating out that specific family from other possibilities.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. Suppose there is a man who wishes to end his life but regrets never having given his poor and hungry family any pleasure. The members of his family have no objections; on the contrary, they rather relish the idea.
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