10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2016
Also, find some practical and down to earth travel advices for the Mountain “Gorilla Highlands” region (southern Uganda and northern Rwanda) in this pdf brochure (40 Mb). Cover photo: volcanoes in the Mgahinga Gorilla National park seen from the Mutanda Lake. Photo by Marcus Westberg / Gorilla Highlands.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
We will trek to see Mountain Gorillas , seek out Shoebills , and hope to avoid being trampled by Hippopotami. Uganda boasts a checklist of well over one thousand species of birds and host of mammals, reptiles, and interesting insects.
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Animal Ethics
JUNE 7, 2016
It is estimated that due to conflicts with humans, the bushmeat and body parts trade, disease and habitat destruction, large mammals in Africa may be extinct by the end of this century. The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. Finally, what of the audience? Many sanctuaries do not permit breeding.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions. Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. Empathy Among Elephants.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2018
In other words, you can’t say something like, “humans, gorillas, chimps, and bonobos are all in the same family and equally related to each other.” That strategy determined the fact that all mammals would have the risk of somatic mutations that accumulate over time affecting their eggs. Therefore, humans are fish with feet, right?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
Northern Carmine Bee-eater riding an Arabian Bustard by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours Northern Carmine Bee-eaters in particular are masters of this trait, and rides range from elephants, donkeys and goats to Kori and Arabian Bustards, Abyssinian Ground Hornbills and a variety of other larger birds and mammals.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2013
Rather, my trip to the American Museum of Natural History last week was enlivened, however slightly, by spotting a Rock Pigeon perched on top of the elephants in the Hall of African Mammals, safely out of the elements and unexposed to Central Park’s hawks. The American Museum of Natural History is a vast and beautiful edifice.
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