10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. Turkey Vulture Wing Tagging – Charlotte Wasylik, Prairie Birder. Vultures, Human Evolution, and Windmills – Greg Laden, 10,000 Birds. millions years ago.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 153

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them. For example, on Tooley’s analysis, having a right to life is the same as being a person. It is also probable that very subnormal adult human beings do not. In particular, it has been argued that animals have a right to life.

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Morals Vegetarian Suffering Killing 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

Presumably it would include all human beings, whether they are in the habit of eating animals or not. This doesn’t mean we let them run wild, for we need to protect ourselves. In the case of human beings, the situation is different. Human beings can do without meat. But what is the extent of the universal moral principle?

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Lions 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) If you know or hear of other examples, please let me know and I will add them to this list. yourbirdoasis, I added a list of some examples which I had found.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

I love sexual behavior studies, and the motmot tail is an excellent and beautiful example of mother nature at her finest! However, the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of those birds that is simply enigmatic and rare and recently discovered, with many aspects of its life history unknown to humanity. See who won the contest here!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. Ask the proposing states to follow Nebraska’s example, to let them, and their big, desperately imperiled white cousins, alone. Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife? It has not.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

March 14, 2011 Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Jon Gassett, Commissioner One Sportsman’s Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Dear Mr. Gassett, I am a writer, naturalist and artist with a special interest in human/bird interactions. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009? Tennessee found that out in January.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 248

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

But off the top of my head, I cannot think of any examples of non-exploratory people who are open to the unexpected at home. So the human equivalent of frog in a bowl might be. So assaying exploratory tendency in humans. Humans can probably just find their own little place to thrive. What do you think? Get yours today!

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 148

Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

According to Michael Markarian from the Humane Society, Sunstein's confirmation is supposedly being held due to pressure from some agribusiness groups. Sunstein is a Harvard law professor who has written about animal protection issues. Tags: Obama animal rights farm animal welfare politics agribusiness.

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Animal Protection Protection Obama Animal Welfare 100