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MAY 31, 2010
A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. That's why he created rats and monkeys. We cannot test on human beings," he told The Associated Press. From the AP.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2017
Press, 2011). Princeton University Press, 2017. One of Kricher’s goals with this edition, he says, was to write a book that was “less academic in tone,” something he felt he could do now with the publication of his college-level textbook Tropical Ecology (Princeton Univ. The New Neotropical Companion. By John Kricher.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Striking westwards towards the South Sudanese border, we pressed on to the town of Key Afar, noted for its bustling market frequented by four local tribes. Game was not plentiful but the highlight was finding a beautiful female Leopard with her cub next to the road, and along the Mago River, a Da Brazza’s Monkey gorging himself on figs.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2017
In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. My daughter Ivy may be developing a taste for birding (though chasing mammals is what she’s really about) but she wilted quickly in the tropical heat, falling back with my wife while I pressed ahead.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2011
A single large spider monkey, which might be out of view, equals a large number of lightly built and small birds which may be scattered across the landscape. Oxford University Press. This is also because mammals are large. A little bit of bird biomass goes a long way. Where the abyss touches the sky: A Booby and Noddy ecosystem.
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