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Trauma bonding in Animals

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I read about the leopard and a cow being an adoptive family because of trauma bond (Media here ). I love how living things are connected and emotional. I just knew about this and it's the most endearing thing ever!! ah, life does have pretty things :) submitted by /u/No-Quail1037 [link] [comments]

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

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Today I want to talk about how it also damages conservation by, in much the same way as other media does, by reducing issues to pithy statements, devoid of nuance and heavily laden with emotion, and shaping the opinion of millions as it does so. So now there are lots of lions, and they like buffalo, so now there are less buffalo.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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On the other hand, Phoebe Snetsinger’s memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time , becomes tedious because of her lack of emotional disclosure. This is the birding adventure book supreme. Kingbird Highway is a great read because it is also a classic story of a young man growing up. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect.

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