10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect.

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

They became known as “Turkie Fowl” (spelling varies) because they were coming from the general direction of Turkey. The “Fowl” was dropped and the term “Turkey” was applied to other large Galliformes that were encountered in the New World. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Which would be weird. Thornton, E.,

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. Follow him on Twitter — he’s regularly tweeting great highlights from the research project. Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. Open Jarvis et al.’s ’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. Jarvis et al.

Family 279

Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Scientific research and expertise are needed here. But recent experiments with chimpanzees suggest that the day may be near when we can ask trained chimpanzees if they want to be eaten for food. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten? What is forbidden meat?

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40