10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
pets) that roam out-of-doors; At least 500 milllion birds are killed by cats each year (but the number is probably higher, maybe twice that or more); Cat feces, via which a dangerous parasite is distributed, amount to 1.2 Infected rats, for example, no longer shun cat urine but find it an aphrodiasic.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2015
Where predators are rare, turning more attention to feeding might produce a Darwinian benefit, for example. The most famous example of this is probably the Galapagos Islands. In fact, let’s take a moment to look at that particular example because most people have it wrong. Invasion of the birdie snatchers.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2022
For example, the Brown Honeyeater visits more than 300 different flowers. If you live in Australia, do not even think of getting this bird as a pet, as “99.99% of these Galahs sold in Australian markets are trapped from the wild” (source). The same website also warns that “Galahs are naturally destructive and noisy.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 3, 2010
Following Hartley’s example, she learned that people were okay, and that touching was nice. In literature as well as life, the ideal is the safely rescued animal finds the perfect home and becomes the perfect pet. Turns out even though they knew that Hunter had found his forever home, he didn’t know it. Sasha learned to purr.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2014
We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Larks, for example. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders.
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 20, 2012
Dogs can see really well at night as they are great hunters and years ago would hunt in low light levels, so their vision has evolved in order to help them hunt. For example, the eyesight or a poodle is said to be the worst due to their eye size and position. Night vision and hunting.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2016
I had a Pileated Woodpecker who used to jab at my hand whenever I needed to rewrap her bandages,” says Maureen Eiger, providing a perfect example of a single rehabber struggling to hold and wrap at the same time. And I was pecked in the eye by my pet chicken, does that count?”. “I Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter.
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