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A couple of facts :D

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" • Baluga Whales can also mimic voices, whilst on the topic of mimicry a Baluga often toyed with humans by saying "Out!" Deer, cattle, camel and goats are more closely related to dolphins and whales then they are with horses. . • Just some facts I think are interesting to share with :).

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Birding Iceland on the Fly

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We went to settle into our room, and since I had about an hour to kill before dinner, I took a quick walk around the property. The group we were with mentioned that they had seen Minke Whales just off the coast of the fjords the day before, but we missed out on our drive back south.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed. The logic of this is ridiculous.