4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 25, 2010

A foul-smelling wound might spell an infection. The sizeable rodents are helping to detect tuberculosis (TB). Long before CAT scans, X-rays, blood samples and colonoscopies, physicians used the good sense they were born with: their sense of smell. That’s because bacterias, cancers and infections create unique smells. Liver disease?

Rats 100

Rats Humane Greece Rodents 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

The quills of the “Saqu Ettair” Secretarybirds feed on small lizards, insects, rodents, birds eggs and, of course, snakes. They typically dispatch a snake by stomping on it with their heavily armored legs and feet, accurately directing their rear talons at the skull to effect a swift mortal wound to the head.

Botswana 222

Botswana Eagles Porcupines Hunting 222

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

That for the latter nature went on without them, letting them observe, seems to be proved by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in your chance of getting wounded by a small to medium forest mammal if you are hunting them or if you are gathering plant products.

Birds 169

Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 169