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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

Critter News

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 For all we know, occasional viable crosses between humans and chimpanzees are possible.*

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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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Always Question a Scientist

Critter News

One of the issues raised by a member was that we need to listen to "science" more and that science will save us. I raised the point that science does not solve everything. And those scientists are humans with the same motivations and agendas as any other human. Science does not solve everything.

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