4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. A Grateful Whale. Photo by Flickker Photos.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

These favor common law personhood, as a matter of liberty, at least for those nonhuman animals, such as chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, dolphins, and whales, who possess such highly advanced cognitive abilities as consciousness, perhaps even self-consciousness; a sense of self; and the abilities to desire and act intentionally.

Rights 40

Rights For Animals Legislation Laws 40

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.” For example, “the Ungulata include hooved animals with multi-chambered stomachs, except the whales.”. So, here’s the thing. Some sort of ancient fish-with-feet is the ancestors of humans.

Monkeys 134

Monkeys Gorillas Whales Whaling 134

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

It contains Andean Condors and Labrador Ducks , dinosaurs and mammoths, one of only two life-size models of a blue whale in the terrestrial world. The American Museum of Natural History is a vast and beautiful edifice. And yet the single living pigeon on that elephant’s head was ultimately what I looked at the longest.

Elephants 156

Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 156