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NYT Equine Thought Experiment

Animal Person

The New York Times presents us, this morning, with "Equine Alternative" regarding the recent discovery that horses decided to allow themselves be domesticated by humans for our mutual benefit, earlier than we had thought (3500 BC, and we preciously thought it was more like 2500 BC). The Botai did not just herd horses for meat.

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How a Farrier can treat a horse with club foot

4 The Love Of Animals

A Farrier is a professional with a very unique set of skills, they are able to care for and treat ailments found in hoofed animals including horses, ponies and some other animals. This act was created to ensure proper care is provided to horses by eliminating unskilled people from attempting to shoe them.

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Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens at Geikie Gorge

10,000 Birds

We have been able to observe Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens in a few locations across the north of Australia and they were quite easy to see in the car-park at Big Horse Creek in 2017. It was a memorable experience to observe the pair of Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens meet up on the branch and preen together. Female Purple-crowned Fairy-wren.

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Being a Tolai Hare’s life Human

10,000 Birds

Such has frequently been the case in my survey area deep within Kazakhstans barren Mangghystau province, and the most memorable reverse-lifer experience has been with a Tolai Hare just recently. It ain’t a camel and it ain’t a horse. The Tolai Hare to me is not a hare, it is more of a miracle. what is this thing?

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Junco Mashup

10,000 Birds

In my experience, I’ve noted how birders, particularly newer birders, can have a tendency to jump to conclusions when they see any sort of bird that doesn’t match up perfectly with the picture in the field guide. New Jersey mystery sparrow. In it we can see things we recognize in other, more common, birds.

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A rush of blood to the head

10,000 Birds

Rather, I am speaking of what a certain group of birds must experience every day. On the weekend, this park is packed with Morelia natives renting horses and barbecuing beef. Still, in spite of the thrill we share with each lifer, that is not the rush of blood to the head to which I refer in my title.

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Birding Iceland on the Fly

10,000 Birds

I can hardly begin to describe the surreal experience that unfolded before me. It is truly a magical place, an experience like none other. Still, there are plenty of other birds and animals to see along the way, including Glaucous and other gulls, geese, herds of sheep and Icelandic horses. Patience, thus, is key.

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