10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? “The Day after day went by, with much sound but no sight of the peacocks.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2020

Size apart, the sighting rates in the right season and area are really striking. Further chapters detail wildlife watching opportunities for primates, birds, reptiles, turtles, butterflies and dragonflies; a description of the parks and reserves by habitat type; and a wildlife watching calendar to help plan a trip. Product details.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2011

The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. Air Canada is one of a small number of airlines that continues to transport these primates, Kite said.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. Geladas spend the fist few hours of the morning grooming and socializing at the edge of their cliffs. Photo by Adam Riley.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. The different main groups of living birds differentiated from one another prior to the extinction of the dinosaurs, ca. Fish are mostly silent on the matter. And, guess what?

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees. This is a story of inhumane treatment and a story of psychological torment for these animals,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive officer of the Washington-based animal rights group, said at a news conference Wednesday.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

I do believe they want prestige, tenure, royalties and patent rights. I don't believe they are "brave" for "standing up" to animal rights activists. But as far as they are concerned, I am still an animal rights terrorist for the mere fact that I disagree with them. I had to stay in that group because she must be challenged.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2016

The government of Colombia was involved in a long-simmering and occasionally boiling war with guerilla groups in the rural parts of the country. Not just birds, but also plants (Colombia boast the most orchid species, too), insects, primates, reptiles. The list goes on and on and on.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

This is also a hard question to address because most data on animal size distribution does not compare across classes of animals, and/or focuses on groups that would not be helpful. The largest bird, forming the short bar on the right of the bird histogram, is a swan. The following histogram shows the results. This is not a surprise.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. The Turmi area is home to the Hamar tribe who numbering nearly 50,000 are one of the largest ethnic groups living in the Lower Omo Valley (with an approximate population of 200,000 tribal people).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

For instance, in primate phylogeny, postcranial traits (bony traits of the body, not the head) are usually useless because we can’t link teeth to bodies in most cases, and the teeth drive the taxonomy (though there are some recent exceptions ). Archaeopteryx went right back to being a bird again. What evolved into what?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! The rare Rufous Fishing Owl was one of the many species seen by the group here.

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