Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2011

The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. Under pressure from animal rights groups and the public, many airlines have banned the practice.

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Transported Monkeys Canada Research 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

So, for example, humans are apes. If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. The ancestors of the moose were tiny forest dwelling creatures, for example. and contains apes is referenced to indicate the complete clade.

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Camels Whales Whaling Apes 196

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

More on this here , as well as some audio examples for you to listen to. For example, some of that brainy tissue needed to be a singing, territory defending, mate seeking male bird is added during breeding season, and removed later when not needed. And the more the juveniles paid attention, the better they learned. Here’s the problem.

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Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 108

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. It turns out, for example, that “Theory of Mind” is very rare in the animal kingdom.

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

For example, you could say, “among mammals, only three families include species with a meaningful degree of root eating” or “within the family that includes lemmings and voles, there is a mixture of monogamous and polygynous species” and so on. Monkey is a common, not scientific, term. Sometimes the exceptions are spectacular.

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Monkeys Gorillas Whales Whaling 132

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

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. There are probably other major trends that depend, for example, on latitude and timing. This is also because mammals are large. A little bit of bird biomass goes a long way.

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Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 172