article thumbnail

SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica Welcomes First Penguin Chick

4 The Love Of Animals

The nearly two-week-old king chick is now weighing in at 30 ounces (882 grams) and currently being raised by its parents with routine check-ups from the SeaWorld Orlando Aviculture Team who monitor the chick’s weight and overall development. Although small now, it will grow to be more than 24 pounds (11 kilograms) and over 2.5

Penguins 100
article thumbnail

Accessibility Matters

10,000 Birds

Public accommodations include government buildings, stores, hotels, transportation hubs, hospitals, schools, restaurants, etc. My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. Most people arrive by car, but there is a bus stop nearby, and there is a short trail (perhaps.2

Portland 183
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

The Vulturine Storks

10,000 Birds

Of course, I’m speaking of the mysterious Wood Stork , Mycteria americana , the only representative of that famous family to regularly occur north of the Mexican border and present in large numbers along the northern coast of South Carolina, where I found myself a couple weekends back. Here’s to the Wood Stork, then!

article thumbnail

Panama Trip Report: April 2017

10,000 Birds

Can a family-focused trip—even to one of the world’s most biodiverse countries—deliver enough opportunities for avian observation to satisfy this serious world birder? With enough planning, you can enjoy a family-friendly, bird-rich vacation in the Panama Canal zone. TRANSPORTATION. The view from our window at Radisson Summit.

Panama 100
article thumbnail

Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

But the wrongness and vileness of factory farming does not show that eating meat is morally wrong, because it is theoretically possible to raise animals outdoors in idyllic settings, to give them wonderful, enjoyable, rich lives, and then after 6 months to a year of such blissful existence, to kill them entirely painlessly.