Critter News
DECEMBER 13, 2009
The Calgary Zoo is under scrutiny for yet another animal death; Convicted dog fighter Michael Vick is welcomed back to Atlanta; New Zealand is being bombarded with international protests for what many consider to be a transition to “factory farming” in Mackenzie Country; Russia bemoans that fact that it hasn't matched the US in transforming sea lions (..)
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2014
Earlier this year a cyclone blew through New Zealand and uprooted a lot of native trees on government land on South Island. The focus of the Department of Conservation has seemingly been turned from conservation to extracting maximum economic benefit out of New Zealand’s large amount of conservation land.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
New studies are beginning to show that smell may be an important part in these birds finding the right nest and/or partner under cover of darkness. Birds use rectal bristles (at the base of the bill) and tiny touch factories called Herbst corpuscles to detect touch. And again, there is great variation amongst different species.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
In New Zealand, the Spotted Dove is an introduced species. keep in mind that it might just be that some members of the species have taken up jobs at the new Tesla factory – it is indeed only a few kilometers away from the plant of nature lover Elon Musk in Nanhui. The Red-billed Starling is more common in Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. The birds had evolved without a predator like this, and with the new snake having no predators, it had no problem decimating the island’s birdlife.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2020
December’s numbers looked like this; 10 beats visited 11 countries (Bahrain, New Zealand, USA, UK, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Australia Nigeria, Uganda and Serbia) during December. New Zealand Bellbird – Anthornis melanura. old angel factory area. Irvine Regional Park. 22 Dec 2019. Medio Queso wetland.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2019
Thunder will be stolen if I reveal how this was done, but another country has been added to our territory list and a new splash of colour to the profile page. Without including the new pin in the map, countries this month featured; USA, Australia, Serbia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, UK, Ghana and of course, Costa Rica.
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