Critter News
APRIL 8, 2010
The psychological impact of over-hunting on the highly intelligent and sociable animals has been identified as the latest threat to the survival of the species. But now a French scientist has said the majestic mammals - which can reach 80ft in length and weigh the same as a passenger jet - could also suffer from heartbreak.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 7, 2009
BLUE whales, the world’s largest animals, are reappearing in parts of the oceans where hunting once wiped them out, signalling that they may finally be returning from the brink of extinction. Tags: blue whales endangered species. And here's some good news for today.
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Critter News
APRIL 21, 2009
And this is despite the bad press received by the annual seal hunts. Many diners are huge fans of its taste, describing the mammal's meat as somewhere between duck and veal. Tags: canada meat seals restaurants. Definitely a niche market ,but demand has been increasing.
Critter News
JANUARY 2, 2009
The amendments to the Marine Mammal Regulations, which include strengthened federal enforcement, come just over a month after newly appointed federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Canada is "going straight ahead for the 2009 hunt. Tags: canada seal hunters seals. Trying to put a humane face on a barbaric practice.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
That bald head, so odd and homely, is actually an adaptation for sticking one’s head deep inside the gut of a deceased mammal. They primarily prey on the large mammals of the African plains, grasslands stretching from horizon to horizon. Turkey Vulture Wing Tagging – Charlotte Wasylik, Prairie Birder.
Animal Person
APRIL 14, 2009
It caught just one fin whale compared with a target of 50 in the hunt that began in November. Of course, Mantle says, "but though they are high-level mammals, they're not humans." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters Animal Liberation Front animal rights David Jentsch Jerry Vlasak UCLA vivisection.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
Great Frigatebirds engage in “unihemispheric sleep” on hunting trips of six to ten days, never landing, sleeping less than an hour in a 24-hour cycle, often keeping one-half of their brain awake while the other slept. Pause while we all try to imagine what our lives would be like if we could do that.) by Scott Weidensaul.
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