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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology. Beagle , pt.

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

10,000 Birds

He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song?

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

10,000 Birds

If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. When writing posts like this one, I am always looking for bits and interesting information. The bird has two main calls which are quite different but which seem to be used more or less interchangeably.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Think of birds too much as humans and you lose the specialness that makes them birds. Information is often highly detailed. But special.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

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I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6 If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"?

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Birding Shanghai in March 2023

10,000 Birds

That paper raises an interesting question: “When less attractive people accept less attractive dates, do they persuade themselves that the people they choose to date are more physically attractive than others perceive them to be? Fortunately, some Buddhist temples at least in Thailand have now spoken out against the practice ( source ).

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Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE

4 The Love Of Animals

Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE will feature a team of free-divers and conservationists putting their safety on the line to separate myth from reality and dispel negative myths about sharks while raising public awareness about shark species which are being driven to extinction. Color, contrast and shiny surfaces. Bodily fluids.

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