article thumbnail

Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. Back to birds. The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. I guess he should have stuck with the substantially less dangerous trogons.

Birds 246
article thumbnail

On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

But I found that if my goal was for my message to be received, I had to judiciously use accurate terms because there was an intense emotional reaction to them that prevented the message from being received intact, or unadulterated by the emotional baggage. Two tigers confined to a cage gave 'freedom' from enemies.

Animal 100
article thumbnail

Tech Brainpower at Your Fingertips

Sales and Marketing Management

Some artists showed me totally inappropriate samples for a business publication — like the gal who drew some skimpily dressed Amazon beauties, bursting out of animal skins and standing with a hand on the head of a gigantic tiger. Uh, not what I’m looking for, but great artwork. My chosen cartoonist?