10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

Furthermore, Binford claimed, if we maintained ideas of recently studied modern human hunter-gatherers in our brains, as the model for ancient hominids who used tools (sometimes associated with bones) we would tend to see those foragers, more or less, in the archaeological record of our past, whether they were really there or not.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Never leave your pet near loose tools or fasteners. If you have a bird, small mammal, or reptile in a terrarium, don’t leave them in their normal place while you paint or sand paint fumes and dust that are only a mild annoyance to you can make small pets (particularly birds) very sick, or even kill them.

Pets 100

Pets Dallas Mammals Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

I imagine part of the allure of studying mushrooms is the tension between identifying the ones that will kill you (or at the very least give you a tummy ache) and the ones that will make your pizza or salad zing. The edibility of most species is unknown.

North America 246

North America America Species 2018 246

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Crows from the remote Pacific island of New Caledonia show incredibly high-level skills when they make and use tools. They get much of their food using tools, and they do this better than chimpanzees. Photo by Paul Huber.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

I didn't like the idea of the cloud for categories at first, but now I do because it's a great visual tool to determine what someone's focus (including mine) is. That's a far more useful tool than categories (not that they're the same thing). And I still wrestle with opportunities to decrease suffering.

Vegan 100

Vegan Suffering Free Range Animal 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

He writes, "The dog remained a vital tool in biomedical research for more than 300 years and was the vehicle for a remarkable run of medical breakthroughs.". It does not make them more or less a "tool." To view someone who spends their life starving, piercing, mutilating, terrifying and killing others as a mentor is shocking.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2009

One day about 10 years ago, I was in the process of transporting quite a few dogs to a rescue from a high kill shelter. Understanding the animal’s history, wants & perspectives is a powerful tool toward a successful adoption & transition to the animal’s permanent home.

Rescue 100

Rescue Compassion Emotional Suffering 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I had a strong interest in science because of its reliance on reason and skepticism, which struck me as very good tools for truth seeking (which is ultimately what I am interested in). Currently, I do not believe that killing an animal is prima facie morally wrong.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Factory 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason. Nor ought we kill them without reason.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

She seamlessly interweaves memories of her bryologist father (he collected mosses), statistics on building-killed birds and the Audubon volunteers who collect them, details of modern taxidermist techniques seen on a visit to a Pennsylvania taxidermist, and the sight of hundreds of bird study skins at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates.

New York City 180

New York City Birds Owls Fox 180

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2015

What wasn’t publicised at the time, but the scientist later both admitted and owned, is that the kingfisher was then killed and collected for scientific reasons. I’m not going to rehash the arguments for scientific collecting here. When I first heard that the kingfisher had been collected my response wasn’t “why?”

Collecting 214

Collecting Solomon Islands New Zealand Fiji 214

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Ostrich kicks can kill a human or a potential predator like a lion. But they typically stick with primitive tools of aggression. Ostrich eggs have been used by humans for millennia. An ostrich's powerful, long legs can cover 10 to 16 feet in a single stride. These legs can also be formidable weapons.

Africa 40

Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. We all know the answer to that – not thinking at all about the how – how on earth you actually do that – and causing a civil war that has killed hundreds of millions.

Tigers 169

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 169

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

It is a one-stop source for birders who need tools for identification beyond the field guide in the backpack, and it does this extremely well. This is where the photograph appears, a representative member of the family. Is it worth the shelf space?

North America 177

North America America Birds Family 177

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2017

Lisa had climbed down too, and the Nature Center worker had gone for tools. One of them had to be injured, possibly killed. It kills rails by clamping down on their bills as they search for food, or cripples rails by clamping down on their toes (the article estimated 75% of California Clapper Rails lost toes to these mussels).*

California 165

California New York New York City New York Times 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). It has become the cornerstone of U.S.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147