10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2022

On a recent walk through the Main Ridge Forest Reserve in Tobago we saw a few thrushes that were still in the process of learning their environment and exploring their world and this got me thinking of all the young thrushes I had the pleasure of knowing throughout my life. Clearly a maddening situation for any right-thinking thrush.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. In my opinion, the crux of the question touches on what is “humane.” Here is my opinion.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Some researchers did an experiment that among humans is only done rarely and only via mistakes made in maternity hospitals. Similar to the rare human experiment, the results were generally acceptable, though of course that does not account for any potential psychological damage caused by the switch in parents. Bye, bye, Lesser Coucal.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2008

In the West, it is required by law to stun the animals with a shot to the head before the slaughter, supposedly to render the animal unconscious and to prevent it from reviving before it is killed so as not to slow down the movement of the processing line. It is also used to prevent the animal from feeling pain before it dies.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2022

Watcha looking at, human?” Her history of their contributions to civilization include no less of a champion than Charles Darwin, who studied pigeons in pursuit of figuring out evolution, developing a great fondness for them in the process.). “Pigeons have lost their usefulness. .’

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

By studying Zebra Finches and domestic chickens, the scientists discovered that multiple sperm appear necessary for a fertilized egg to progress to the embryo stage (a process called “polyspermy”.) This differs from humans and other mammals, in which the addition of extra sperm essentially destroys the egg.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

His photographs fill each page, offering visions of the island’s creatures, flora, and geography at varying ages and stages and in every season, as seen in close-up and at a distance. They complement Kricher’s text., The first five chapters focus on natural history and evolutionary thought.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2013

He moved from Florida to California 3 years ago and in the process, gave up flying small planes for photography. “I As with many Florida birds, they don’t seem to fear humans as much as other places. I guess when you live with alligators, humans just don’t seem like that big of a deal. jokes Phil.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The farmers in the film confront very difficult questions posed by the filmmaker about why they think their approach to processing of meat is different than that of factory farming. This is as humane as "humane farming" gets. This film provides an accurate portrayal of small-scale, non-intensive animal farming.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2012

A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court. Read the full story at CNN. California's (law) endeavors to regulate the same thing, at the same time, in the same place -- except by imposing different requirements.

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Reddit Animals

MAY 21, 2023

Jungle leopards are in general larger than their savanna cousins, but they are nevertheless just about the same size as a human. Gorillas and chimps can throw open handed slaps, slam with their arms, bite, toss, and many other things, but throw a punch as a human can they cannot do. While gorillas can certainly get bigger than 127.5

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

The authors aim “for the first time [to] systematically explore the taxonomic and geographic patterns of extralimital avian occurrence globally and try to synthesize what we know about the processes that underpin these occurrences, based on the latest scientific discoveries” (p. Next time, I’ll know why.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

This was always a process of solitary exploration; only later did other birders ask me to take them to see the unusual species I had found. And here we are, in 2020, being told to shun human contact as much as possible. But if you can, do go out and look for a new, no-human patch. Organized outings are out of the question.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

He added, “Our findings are a warning flag that we can’t just look at a snapshot of forest health as it appears now—we need to think about preserving the ecosystem processes that will allow forests to survive in the future.” The scientists hope to expand the scope of their study to examine how humans affect global ecosystems.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

We watched the bird for awhile as it foraged and though the injury was painful to contemplate for we humans the bird seemed to be getting by alright. Survival of the fittest isn’t a pleasant process to witness but it is marvelously efficient.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2016

According to some very rude finches, I was merely wasting my time by their bush, annoying them in the process. Such syntactical rules have long been assumed to be unique to humans, but their results demonstrate that syntax is not unique to humans. Japanese Great Tit, credit: Toshitaka Suzuki.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2018

It would use that mini rapier of a beak to full poking effect if the hapless human tried to take a sip from its feeder, or pick one of its flowers, or even neglect to fill the feeder on time. Trust me, we are better off not being able to translate all of that hyperactive sputtering. I would hope not!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

They were able to untangle him, but they took a few good talon hits in the process. “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” Karen Lynn’s Red-Tailed Hawk was not as easily intimidated. “A bunch of bikers found him entangled in monofilament. One of them put him in their motorcycle box and they all brought him to me.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

Every time a gene is replicated, or really, a chromosome (during cell division), a bit of the end of a gene may be lost, owing to the way this process happens. This is part of the process of aging. Jon Sakata, a professor of neurobiology at McGill, says that songbirds learn vocalizations like humans learn speech. Salmón, J.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2011

Benjamin will donate $10,000 to the Missouri Humane Society and Joplin Humane Society, as a way to assist pets that were injured or displaced by the devastating Joplin tornado in May. Spread the word, let’s help them reach their goal and help pets in the process! Upon reaching this goal, Arthur E.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

.” A more interesting piece of information than that birds need food is that “the African Harrier-Hawk is known to blush deep red in the face when they are taken by surprise, as well as during the courtship process” ( source ). I guess blushing is easier if you have a bald face like this species.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

The six chapters that follow explore bird communication in mating; defending territory; rearing children; responding to predators; interacting with neighbors and functioning in large groups; and communicating successfully in a noisy human world. There is so much here! I do wish there was more about research on female bird song.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 22, 2010

De-mystify the labeling on a lot of pet food – “natural,&# “raw,&# “human grade,&# “FDA approved&#. Pet food may be highly processed and still be considered “natural”. Human Grade” is far superior to the “feed grade” found in most pet food. Karen Scoggins, My Perfect Pet.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. The humans tended to keep away a range of predators that might take the pups as a form of interference competition.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2018

Very simply put, the bird population in the Mohave is in the process of collapse, and the reason for it appears to be climate change. People often think of human caused climate change as something that has happened over recent years, or the last couple of decades. But human effects on the climate are much older than that.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Relax Your Dog: It’s important to give your dog lots of affection throughout the grooming process to help them relax. If you’re tense through the grooming process your dog will pick this up and feel nervous as well. Take a Bath: If your dog is particularly dirty, make sure it’s bathed before you begin the clipping process.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Since the books share authors and a creation process, I thought I would review them together. It’s not clear how many of the plates have been touched up, redrawn or are new, and I hope we’ll learn more about the process, perhaps when the third book in the series by Howell and Dyer, a new guide to the birds of Mexico, is published.*

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. There is a nice description of the process until the release of the bird into the wild here, with photos.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2014

However, since young redtails don’t normally loiter by the side of the road (unless they’re having a meal), much less allow a random human to pick them up, I figured he had probably bounced off a car. He was in good weight, showed no signs of head trauma, and x-rays revealed nothing broken. Moral of the story: no shortcuts. Wear sneakers.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2011

Basically, it would mandate that humane societies and horse rescue operations would have to accept a horse if one was presented to them, or they would face a class four misdemeanor," said Larson. If they don't want us to process horses, what are we supposed to do?". I'm giving them an alternative.

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Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. World Week for Animals in Laboratories (April 17-24) exposes their plight and the broken federal research funding system that perpetuates outdated animal experiments at the expense of modern and more humane technologies.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

A week later there was very little evidence of the second bower and the current bower is overflowing with “treasures” It would have been incredible to film the process over the previous two weeks of moving items and dismantling and reinforcing the bower. Bower in Broome. The white tool is used for adjusting your reticulation.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Since 2004, public support for humane animal research to advance human and animal health has fallen 10 points. As we went out and talked with the public, we realized many people truly don't understand why animals are such a critical part of the scientific process.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

They would realize that wild owls fly silently through the night and grab unwary rodents, not unsuspecting packages of processed cow meat. And like humans, if a wild animal is injured he needs to be treated by a licensed medical person, not a well-intentioned accountant, plumber, or six year old child.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2012

Before humans spread across the oceans of the world, wiping out huge numbers of endemic insular species , pretty much every decent sized island far from the continents had its own species of rail. Once upon a time the average bird on Earth was a rail.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2011

The bold gray-and-white birds know what humans are good for and that is as a source of food! Gray Jays have long been more than willing to scarf down the offal that remains when hunters process a carcass so it is little wonder that they have adapted their foraging habits to include whatever scraps picnickers are willing to share.

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