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Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE

4 The Love Of Animals

Nat Geo Wild is airing an amazing show tonight called Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE! A two-hour live event airing on Nat Geo Wild tonight, Friday, November 25th at 9 PM ET. will also have the opportunity to connect and tune in to Shark Attack Experiment LIVE online at natgeotv.com and via social media. Will you be tuning in?

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The Birding Rally Challenge Peru 2012

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What if there was an event that truly captured the rigors and fast-paced nature of the sport? What if this event took place in one of the most biodiverse natural areas in the world? Enter the inaugural Peru Birding Rally Challenge , the first international birding event of it’s kind in the world.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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The 10-year-old Boa was pregnant and had been raised by McAdam since it was a baby. But just because these are snakes, this event is getting very little coverage. The Boa was still alive & in pain 20 minutes after they crushed its skull. Chris Coffee did not commit any criminal acts.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. Which would be weird.

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The Book That Saved Derrick Jensen's Life

Animal Person

Some might argue that Keith has simply become an advocate of “happy meat”—local, grass-fed, sustainably produced, and humanely raised meat. Hand isn't convinced, but does steer us to happy meat in the event of health problems caused by our veganism. But that would be unfair.

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Plugging Kids Into Birding

10,000 Birds

EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND CLUBS. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience, especially the live raptor display by well-known Master Falconer, Jonathan Wood. This book explains how we are all at risk of raising kids with nature deficit disorder. Most places have some kind of birding or nature festival on an annual basis.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Rapai devotes two chapters to the fire, illustrating, like a good reporter, both the details of the event itself and the bad and good that came out of it.

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