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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

These species include the Pacific Swallow … … as well as several pigeons: the Green Imperial Pigeon … … the Pink-necked Green Pigeon … … and the Zebra Dove (even though that one looks remarkably cute for a pigeon). The dangers of being a geologist.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

10,000 Birds

Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans. Lucky and his instructor were successful in bluffing this particular bear, yet the very next year in the same area, Hoshino was killed by a Brown Bear. Zebra finch, Taeniopygia (Poephila) guttata. From the behavioural point of view, what has happened?

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

4 The Love Of Animals

Most likely orphaned by poachers who killed her mother for profit, the one-year-old baby is believed to have been subsequently attacked by local Maasai tribesmen who were angry about losing their traditional grazing land to the park. The spear had penetrated ten inches, rupturing her sinuses, which prevented her from using her trunk to drink.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. This lioness remained hidden from these zebras in the long grass until she felt they were close enough for the charge. Rhinoceros Beetles are nocturnal and most often found at night when they are attracted to bright lights.

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A New Way Global Warming Kills Birds

10,000 Birds

A new research project using Zebra Finches in semi-wild conditions indicates that for some bird populations a certain aspect of climate change may have a negative effect on the viability of populations by causing increased mortality in a subtle but significant way. The study looks at changes in the range of daily temperature variability.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13

Animal Ethics

Presumably it would include all human beings, whether they are in the habit of eating animals or not. In the case of human beings, the situation is different. Human beings can do without meat. Many humans want to eat meat, but this does not stop vegetarians from saying that it is wrong for people to eat meat. If so, how?

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