10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Here’s a video. Also as video. While my recent experimentation with ChatGPT showed that ChatGPT thinks the Grey-headed Lapwing can be found in Shanghai’s Century Park, Chongming is a far better place ( video ). That includes breeding birds, as indicated by the presence of some rather cute chicks ( video ).

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

They have video. The video footage shows monkeys biting themselves and slamming against the bars of small cages. It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees. Here is a link to the Humane Society. I couldn't get the video to work for some reason. Actually, it's more then allegations.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2012

When I emerged from my bedroom I learned what you, no doubt, as a regular reader have already deduced – it was the now-infamous “Eagle Steals a Baby” hoax video. Joking aside, the instant viral popularity of this video seems to me to be speaking to some deep-rooted fears in the human psyche.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. See a video on how dogs think like us. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. “Humans are unique.

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