Critter News

MARCH 18, 2010

This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation. The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary. They may as well be centrifuges or test tubes to these people. Videos showed mistreatment of the lab animals. percent of our DNA.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

First, let’s start with the good: Scientific testing of drones near birding hotspot Cape May, NJ has been postponed to avoid messing with Red Knots and Piping Plovers (like the cutie above that Corey photographed there a few years back). (On Sea World San Diego just welcomed the world’s first “test-tube” penguin.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

One of the interesting things about web cams is that as they foster familiarity, they also favor the familiar human urge to impose narrative. This is my first season with the ranch, and I’m very excited to being putting some of my theories about nest cams into practice.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2011

As the owner of what has been called ( by me ) western New York’s leading test prep organization , I have to meticulously analyze every aspect of these crucial college entrance exams. Consequently, I give you the IATB SAT … The SAT undoubtedly deserves the title of America’s most terrifying test.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

But while humans mainly try to stay slim and fit for health reasons, Eurasian Siskins care more about the danger of being eaten. Bird pairs were observed over time – it seems that (unlike in humans, particularly US Americans, these days) most pairs lasted until the death or disappearance of one of the two birds.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. For the full story, g o here to the Vancouver Sun.

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Critter News

JUNE 12, 2010

This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. But universities and scientists are not always there working for pure learning or the improvement of humanity. There may be a business component there as well.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

We don’t have a cat so we didn’t get to test it out, but judging by all the fun videos we watched, it really seems to make cats happy! You can find out more information and see photos and videos of other happy cats enjoying the game on the website, www.ipadgameforcats.com. Do any of you have this game?

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Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2009

Our primary concern is the advancement of investigative methodologies that lead to effective cures and treatments for human diseases.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February.

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Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6 If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"? The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan.

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Critter News

APRIL 18, 2010

The controversy over primate research is not going away any time soon, due to the paradox of primate research -- the more similarities between monkeys and humans that are discovered, the more researchers will argue those similarities make it valid to use monkeys in research on human diseases.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Whilst catfish have around 100,000 taste buds, rabbits around 17,000 and humans approximately 9,000, birds rarely exceed 100 of these receptors. But certain bird species go against the grain here and some even appear to have a better sense of smell than many mammals, humans included. Let’s talk about taste.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Genetic divergence between the eastern (coastal) and western populations had been hypothesized but not tested until her study. What if we chose new English names for both species, names that capture the wonder and appreciation that these birds inspire in us humans? Stability, stability! I hear the cries.

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Critter News

JULY 21, 2009

But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.". The stupid project is in partnership with a French pharmaceutical company. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2015

Science is fairly well established that yawning can spread like wildfire among groups of humans, as well as a few other mammals. The amount of yawns increased significantly when the test birds could see others—whether real, or on a screen—also yawning. (Our first victim appears to be the Ring-billed Gull above, photographed by Corey.)

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Humans aren’t very good at multitasking. Modern marketers test their assumptions and optimize their campaigns. Make 2021 the year that you build an infrastructure that allows you to run more tests and run them more often. . If you’re not testing today, begin by setting a goal to run two tests per week.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2015

But it’s going to be a long time before we have tested all the birds — and gained enough understanding about how genes and gene expression actually work — to have a thorough understanding of the world’s bird populations. ” What to do?

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2010

An experiment in which anesthetized pigs were buried alive in snow to learn how humans live or die in avalanches was halted today in Austria after animal-rights groups denounced the research as cruel and useless. Well, there's always some unexpected nonsense to discover. From USA Today.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

While not on the scale of bird migration, it is routinely and somewhat lazily described as the biggest annual migration of humans in the world. The Spring Festival – or Chinese New Year – is a big period for traveling in China. Being somewhat allergic to crowds, I usually avoid traveling during the peak of this period.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

We test the hypothesis that these suites of traits have evolved independently on each island via natural selection pressures from one of two predator regimes – birds-only and birds + snakes. Birds Bird evolution character displacement conservation biology mumeration'

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Drug and chemical companies say they endorse a Europe-wide initiative intended to eventually end the use of animals in research and safety testing. Testing a single chemical takes up to five years, involves 800 rodents and costs $3.8

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Critter News

MARCH 10, 2009

The article discusses how scientists are infecting monkeys with a surrogate HIV virus that does not even lead to AIDS, begging the question of why infect them in first place if there's no real simulation of what happens in humans? There is more and more evidence that animal testing is NOT necessarily the best route to take.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

I was chatting with Gordon about this and we discussed how drones could be a safer way to get photos of birds or document birds for breeding surveys, but he was quick to point out, “You and I already have an idea of what a safe distance would be to test that out with an active bald eagle nest.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The rise in drone popularity over the past few years has been meteoric — and in our typical human arrogance, we’ve once again ignored the fact that for the past 150 million years, the sky has belonged to the birds. You can follow her on Twitter @LizVGreene or dig deeper into her internal musings on InstantLo.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

With human patients, it’s easy – you put them in a hospital bed and tell them to ‘stay still.’ The true test will be next month when x-rays are taken. We anticipate removal of the device around the end of March. X-rays will be taken before to ensure the bone has unionized.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Freeman says that the most difficult thing he has encountered so far in his research comes not from the lab, but from people’s attitudes about animal testing. Why do humans always have to get everything we want and we have to do it at the pain and expense of animals? Does it benefit the animals? Diet (eat less!), exercise (walk more!)

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Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures. Plus, animals are messy, require feeding and constant care, draw protests, and, yes, can be a bit smelly.

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Critter News

MARCH 21, 2012

Apparently, there is a lot of argument out there than animal experimentation is even good for humans. Many times tests fail. A drug may work on an animal, but fail miserably on a human. Drugs are not always predictable from human to human even. Or vice versa. It's essentially a crap shoot.

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Critter News

JULY 20, 2009

Testing drugs on animal is unpleasant. There is only one alternative to testing drugs on animals: testing them on humans. That's why I truly wish someone would explain to me to me why humans are so unique and of such higher value than anything else. Are there even more unique versions of humanity on their way?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

AI can diagnose diseases faster than human doctors. At its most basic level, AI is the branch of computer science that deals with making computers behave like humans. Retailers are seriously considering plans for delivery drones. AI has transformed the way businesses and health services operate in a short timeframe. So, what is AI?

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Critter News

APRIL 14, 2009

So, despite all the animal testing that goes into cosmetics, many of them are still potentially harmful to a human being. I really enjoyed this post by The (Nearly) Perfect Vegetarian about her research into the safety of the beauty products she uses. So all that wasted animal life for nothing?

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. But scientists had carried out few studies to test those beliefs–until now.

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SalesFuel

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The 2024 Talent Trends survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is out. Around 20% specifically test employees for job knowledge or involve work simulations. For 14% of employers, personality tests are key. They also highlighted how they are using pre-hire assessments to find great people.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family. Image source.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

November was National Pet Diabetes Awareness Month, were you aware that just like humans, dogs and cats can also get diabetes? Diabetes in Dogs – Testing and Monitoring. Diabetes in Cats – Testing and Monitoring. In fact, one in 200 cats and one in 500 dogs has diabetes. Excessive Thirst. Increased Urination. Weight Loss.

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