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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

10,000 Birds

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.

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Teach Your Dog To Go Potty On Command!

4 The Love Of Animals

in Mass Communications and Human Psychology helped create her unique training tips for dog owners. Initiate this process every time you take him outdoors and in no time he will be going to the bathroom on the gravel by himself and you will have a beautiful lawn. Keep repeating the word “Outside” until he goes.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. But that’s another story. Just eat the food. 1208724109.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. To be fair, Crossley does make clear in the Preface that the design of the book is based on cognitive learning processes. And, a shorebird is not the image leading off the introduction to The Colbert Report.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

If some microorganisms must be killed in the process, this is unfortunate but necessary for human life. Why should microorganisms be sacrificed rather than humans? Why is human life more valued than the life of microorganisms? One might be inclined to say that human beings are more valuable because of their intelligence.

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