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Come@Me: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle

10,000 Birds

Therefore, humans are fish with feet, right? For example, it would make a huge amount of sense for suspensory feeding monkeys to have six, not four, limbs. That strategy determined the fact that all mammals would have the risk of somatic mutations that accumulate over time affecting their eggs. Think about it.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 1

10,000 Birds

Presumably, Grey-throated Babblers are not very fond of monkeys, especially the (potentially misnamed) Grey Leaf Monkey. One was reported to have raided the nest of a Grey-throated Babbler , eating at least two eggs and possibly one nestling ( source ). On the plus side, it looks rather funny when wet.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Because, Ms. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

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In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research. Tags: animal cruelty Michael Vick animal rights. None of us is pure.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

10,000 Birds

A single large spider monkey, which might be out of view, equals a large number of lightly built and small birds which may be scattered across the landscape. The largest bird, forming the short bar on the right of the bird histogram, is a swan. This is also because mammals are large. A little bit of bird biomass goes a long way.

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