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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

The Marabu Stork definitely has a face that only a mother could love. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability. Also, I learned that in the US , ostrich eggs are priced at $40-$75. Each fresh egg weighs 4 pounds and is the equivalent of 24 chicken eggs. . And sadly, it is listed as Endangered.

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Everything in Moderation?

Animal Person

Ditto for "never," "always" and other such definitive words. In fairness, I think that what the linguistically lazy are really trying to say is that a little bit of a bad thing isn't going to kill you. But it might kill someone else, as in the case of hot dogs, considering no creature gets out of the hot-dog making process alive.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

There are 160 to 200 species of marine birds here, depending on your definition of “marine bird” (Fox defines it as “species traditionally considered coastal,” including birds like Sandhill Cranes with the more traditional tubenoses, gulls, and ducks).

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 4 of 13

Animal Ethics

If a genetically engineered animal’s legs periodically fell off, would not its legs be more like a product of an animal (analogous to eggs) than a part of the animal? These people abstain from eggs and dairy products the production of which involves suffering for the animals. Would the blood be analogous to milk or eggs?

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Remotest Endemic Birds

10,000 Birds

Well that depends on several factors, the most important of which are the definitions of the terms “remote” and “endemic” My subjective thoughts on remoteness are that the term should be defined by two factors: 1. How difficult is the place to reach in terms of planes, trains and automobiles?

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

10,000 Birds

She chirped a quiet but definite message, and everyone in the room understood she was not done with life yet. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. The eventual kill is quick, clean, and painless. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask.