10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is something not seen in very young children but then typically develops and becomes observable and testable by psychology graduate students who have done innumerable studies on it. Here, the crows are initially very jittery, frequently inspecting the hole of mystery. Taylor, Alex, Miller, Rachael, & Gray, Russell (2012).

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Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

He speaks of the "mixed message of the animal rights community" that animals are so much like us, yet not enough like us to experiment on. Then he and the interviewer describe some of the experiments. And it's a very dispassionate discussion, but that's what makes it sickening.

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

There is no philosophical continuum, but there is a psychological continuum, as evidenced by everyone at the workshop taking steps back or forward, denoting their increase in animal use (including no meat to meat, or backsliding, like I did a decade ago), or their decrease (such as when vegetarians go vegan). How about this?

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Horowitz and other scientists are now running experiments to determine what a behavior, like a kiss, really means. Horowitz wondered if they behave this way because they truly recognize they’ve done something wrong, so she devised an experiment. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Some of these, such as a birder’s experience finding White-tailed Hawks by driving towards the smoke plumes of a local fire, are charming. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. They are a great addition.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

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. Such animals would be incapable of feeling pain or having experiences of any kind. Animals in the wild try to escape from hunters.) Suppose some of them say yes (in American sign language).

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine also recommends breast-feeding infants: Breast-feeding is nature's way of meeting the infant's nutritional needs, and also helps boost immunity, not to mention its psychological benefits. Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. How sick and twisted is that.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Once you manage to spell it correctly – which may take some time if my own Google experiences are any indication – you will find plenty of information online about the birds and the birding within this amazing park. Having said that, it is very important that you are prepared psychologically for the masses.

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