Critter News
APRIL 8, 2010
The steeply declining number of whales in the world's oceans is causing the remaining creatures to suffer loneliness and 'lose the will the live', a leading expert has claimed. 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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. But maybe that is actually a good thing. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. Of course, on Chongming, the Chinese Pond Heron is very common.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2023
According to the HBW, food brought by Siberian Blue Robins to nestlings in Japan was 36% adult insects, 28% insect larvae, 18% spiders, and 18% unidentified (I suspect the last mostly being unhealthy fast food with the discriminating labels ripped off). Here at 10,000 Birds, we never forget that you, the reader, have a choice.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 31, 2007
In an incredible juxtaposition to the fanfare of Barbaro, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered last year in the United States and shipped to Europe and Japan for human consumption. Each one of these animals suffered extreme cruel and inhumane conditions in the transportation and slaughter process.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 11, 2007
Horses slaughtered in America today go not to feed the poor and the hungry but to satisfy the esoteric palates of wealthy diners in Europe and Japan. To the Editor: Why would publicizing the ill treatment of slaughter-bound horses detract from the “undue suffering of other food animals,” as Christa Weil suggests?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2023
Strangely, the Oriental Dollarbird seems to suffer a bit from an image problem. In a study conducted in Southwestern Japan, dollarbird nestlings first reached a weight of about 160 grams. Of course, being beautiful (or aspiring to be) also means pressure.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
The Red-flanked Bluetail is also the subject of an otherwise relatively unremarkable paper , but it uses the interesting term “autumn obesity” Maybe this Marsh Sandpiper also suffers from autumn obesity? The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month.
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