4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. Paul says, “He would lick my face, or cry gently, or bark even.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Getting to the Poor Knights involves a day-trip out of the small fishing port of Tutukaka, and straight out of the harbour we had our first wildlife encounter, a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins that swam around the dive boat. Also present off the wall were the large predatory Kingfish.

New Zealand 181

New Zealand Belize Vanuatu Fish 181

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.).

Asia 176

Asia Mammals Sri Lanka Bhutan 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2017

The site is famous for a place called Monkey Mia, where dolphins have learnt to come up to the beach a few times a day to get snacks. That’s fine, and I like dolphins, but I usually prefer them away from a circus. I have wanted to see a representative of this family for twenty years so it was quite a day as far as lifers went.

Sharks 100

Sharks Monkeys Dolphins Turtles 100

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.

Ducks 231

Ducks Groups Species North America 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

On my recent short family vacation to Miami, I was granted a single day to get out and really bird like a madman. The Dolphin Mall to be precise, where ponds in front of the mall are the best spot around to see Gray-headed Swamphens , yet another introduced species that has proliferated to the point where they are countable in Florida.

Florida 117

Florida Miami Birds Owls 117

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.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

So you can imagine my great pleasure when it worked out for me to stay in California for two extra days at the end of our family vacation out west. I’m sad to say that once the adrenaline rush of finally seeing a representative of my most-wanted bird family wore off the pain came back and it was pretty harsh.

Whales 109

Whales Whaling Albatross Dolphins 109

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

So, we start with Dolphin Gull and end with Red-Legged Kittiwake, a totally different sequence from the 2017 eBird listings. I suppose this works with such a small family, but it made my librarian brain ache just a little bit. Topography. Book Organization. Browsing through this book is tough.

2004 149

2004 North America America Europe 149