10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Whilst catfish have around 100,000 taste buds, rabbits around 17,000 and humans approximately 9,000, birds rarely exceed 100 of these receptors. Birds use rectal bristles (at the base of the bill) and tiny touch factories called Herbst corpuscles to detect touch. Let’s talk about taste. Ducks are the avian leaders of bill touch.

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Birds Mammals Mozambique New Zealand 208

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. Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed. This makes perfect sense. The logic of this is ridiculous.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 203

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

was advertised to online customers as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar." According to the HSUS press release, HSUS revealed earlier this week that Burlington Coat Factory was falsely advertising real fur garments as faux fur in newspaper circulars, on its web site, and in store displays at its 350 locations nationwide.

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40