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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering. Scientists mapped out the entire mouse genome in 2002 and the rat genome in 2004.)

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

The checklist ends with the references and the index of both English and scientific names (another 9 pages). monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.). Still, there should be no problem with larger species that allow for longer observation time (e.g. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales.

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