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Foreign animals surviving in other climates

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The monkeys made sense; many species of apes and monkeys are adaptable to many climates and are similar to humans in terms of anatomy. When I say animals, I was thinking more of large mammals (elephants, buffalo, cheetahs etc…) but other animals are welcome except for obviously domesticated ones. The giraffes did not.

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Come@Me: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle

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Humans have always classified organisms in a variety of ways, depending on need. 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.” Some sort of ancient fish-with-feet is the ancestors of humans.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

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I usually do not write about nationalists, mammals, Donald Trump, and leaf warblers (well, I guess I sometimes do) – but I will make an exception for the Yellow-Browed Warbler … … and the Dusky Warbler. Red-billed Blue Magpies are occasionally eaten by snub-nosed monkeys.

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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

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So, for example, humans are apes. If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan

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Finally, getting to the slightly annoying but somehow obligatory mention of mammals seen at Longcanggou. Among all mammals, I think I like monkeys the least. In this phenomenon, people feel a sense of unease or even revulsion in response to humanoid robots that are highly realistic.”

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. . they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. This has resulted in their populations returning to natural levels and their fear of humans being curtailed. In fact Gelada social studies have been of great relevance in analyzing the evolution of human social behavior.

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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

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Third, which we already suspected, bird brains are adjusted to provide extra smartness in a way not seen in mammals. In humans, adults (probably mainly mothers) do this thing called “motherese” which is talking in a way one would normally not talk to another adult, to a baby. City Great Tit ( Parus major ) telomeres shortened.

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