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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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“Arrow-Marked Babblers move around in gangs of a dozen or so, like troops of monkeys or wild dogs, constantly chattering among themselves. Among the findings: “Canary traders, mostly with primary education level (63.25%) and Muslim (97.5%), were on average 44 years old and an average experience of 27 years.

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Physicians Committee Accuses University of Washington of Cruelty to Ferrets

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The UW is "using an educational method that, in our view, is not justifiable," said Dr. John Pippin, a Dallas cardiologist who helped write the complaint. The UW has been cited in the past for deficiencies in animal research, including allowing a monkey to starve in 2009.

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? I wonder how long it would take parents to complain if the Creative Cooks Culinary Center filled in the blanks for the kids and educated them about the lives of the animals they eat that some might not even realize were ever even animals? But I bet anything doesn't go.

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The New Neotropical Companion: A Book Review by a Lover of the Neotropics

10,000 Birds

My personal favorites are the images that show the relationships that are at the heart of this book–a Linneated Woodpecker perched opposite a bromeliad on an exposed tree, Azteca ants on a cecropia tree whose decaying parts provide food, and, a little distressingly, two Capuchin Monkeys feeding on a Toucan (thanks to James Adams).

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." Part V: Me and My Monkey. He talks about "My research monkey," Clayton, and what he did to Clayton, and writes as if Clayton didn't mind at all. Next, to say that the monkey is "working" is absurd and incorrect.

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Shark Bay and Monkey Mia

10,000 Birds

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. But the presentation was excellent, and made education, dolphin welfare and safety a priority, and I couldn’t fault it at all. Yes its an absolute circus.

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Pulling Birds at Panti Forest in Malaysia

10,000 Birds

He has certainly done as much as anyone to educate the world on the beauty and diversity of Panti birds. Plus, I saw awesome bats, bugs, butterflies, herps, pitcher plants, and four of the five possible monkey species: Dusky Leaf Monkey , Banded Leaf Monkey , Southern Pig-tailed Macaque , and Long-tailed Macaque.

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