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Print your pet photos, or lose them.

4 The Love Of Animals

We all love taking photos of our pets, and who can blame us?! They are so adorable, and with our cell phones and digital cameras we can click to our heart’s content. But what happens if the cloud goes away, … Continue reading → The post Print your pet photos, or lose them. appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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What is the State Bird of Georgia?

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Brown Thrashers , large, rust-colored songbirds, were so popular in Georgia that they became the namesake of their NHL hockey team, the “Atlanta Thrashers!” It comes as no surprise then that the governor proclaimed the Brown Thrasher the state bird in 1953 , and the legislature followed suit in 1970. The team has since been moved to Canada, but the state bird remains a celebrated symbol.

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A male tit that sleeps late may become a cuckold.

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I learned a new word today: Diel. I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t already know that. I will now use the word in a sentence. Diel changes in the environment, such as when sunrise occurs, can affect an organism’s Darwinian fitness. Therefore, we would expect natural selection to shape behavior to account for diel changes. Great T**s ( Parus major ) and many other songbirds mate within monogamous pairs, and may mate at any time during the day.

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