Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

They are farmed worldwide, with significant industries in the Philippines and in Namibia. Ostrich eggs have been used by humans for millennia. Ostrich kicks can kill a human or a potential predator like a lion. That said, chimps are indeed aggressive animals, the experts explained — both toward humans and each other.

Africa 40

Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

” It needs no spoiler alert to say that Strycker did, indeed, meet his original goal (in the Philippines, with a Flame-crowned Flowerpecker , #5000, accompanied by the inevitable, but actually pretty good, ribaldry). . “When all your energy is focused on a single purpose,” he says, “nothing else seems to matter.

Sri Lanka 133

Sri Lanka Birds Cleveland 2014 133

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. At some point perhaps I’ll write up for you how the evolution of humans, specifically the ape-human split, and Galapagos bird evolution are the same thing in this regard.

Birds 179

Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2023

Another study provides some hope to human males who think of themselves as good karaoke singers. Apparently, the Malaysian Pied Fantail has only recently been split from the Philippine Pied Fantail. The study showed that male Java Sparrows in better condition can sing songs with larger note repertoires and higher trill performance.

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Zebras Thailand Philippines Birds 199

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We’re looking at an area of Asia southeast of the Malay Peninsula and mainland Southeast Asia, southwest of the Philippines, north and northwest of Australia, west of Papua New Guinea (a boundary called “Lydekker’s Line”), intercut by the equator. The maps on the inside front and back covers help a lot.

Indonesia 126

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 126

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The bird “spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula” and on to the Russian Far East (indicating a certain lack of solidarity with Ukraine). Eurasian Bitterns similarly try to stay out of sight.

China 176

China Birds Ukraine Killing 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

I particularly liked the section on Anatomy and Morphology, which explains the anatomical adaptations that enable woodpeckers to do the things they do, like drum at rates that would explode human skulls.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 242