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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 02 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Baboons And Pigeons Are Capable Of Higher-level Cognition, Behavioral Studies Show

Baboons And Pigeons Are Capable Of Higher-level Cognition, Behavioral Studies Show
It's safe to say that humans are smarter than animals, but a University of Iowa researcher is investigating the extent of that disparity in intelligence. And, it may not be as great a gap as you suspect, according to UI psychologist Ed Wasserman, who presents his findings at the American Association...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Mammals, Science & Tech, Uncategorized, Wildlife on 02 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Gene explosion set humans, great apes apart

Gene explosion set humans, great apes apart
An eruption of a poorly understood kind of genetic change set humans apart from great apes, and also sets chimps, gorillas and orangutans apart from monkeys, researchers reported on Wednesday. Right before the great apes branched off from other apes and monkeys 10 million years ago, their DNA began...
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Posted by jbpounders in Uncategorized on 01 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Sharkgull Strikes Again

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Posted by jbpounders in Uncategorized on 01 13th, 2009 | No Comments

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Posted by jbpounders in Uncategorized, Underwater on 01 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Fisherman from Aceh, Indonesia [Amazing photo o' the day]

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Posted by kittymowmow in Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Pets, Science & Tech, Uncategorized on 12 30th, 2008 | No Comments

College Students Find Comfort In Their Pets During Hard Times

File this article under "Obvious."    There is plenty of anecdotal evidence around to support the suggestion that people in general are happier when they have pets.  Who wouldn't be happier with another creature living with them in harmony, providing them with unconditional love and company? "Duh"...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Animal Cruelty versus Environmental Politics

Image via Wikipedia I stumbled across an interesting article about how the violence and illegal tactics used by animal activists demonstrates a need to overhaul the way many people approach environmental politics. If you're interested in politics, environmentalism, or animals, you will probably...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 16th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Biden gets new dog – animal rights advocates not happy

[...]Not one to disappoint, Biden lived up to his promise Saturday and purchased a pooch - a three month old German Shepherd from a breeder in East Coventry, Pennsylvania (only 104 miles from his hardscrabble roots in Scranton, PA). [...]Is everyone happy with the pick?  Nope.  Adoption advocates...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Elephant study puts Kansas City Zoo animals in the spotlight

A new international study could raise a question about the Kansas City Zoo’s elephants: If they were in the wild would they live longer? The study says elephants — at least in Europe — die younger in captivity than in their native environments. It stirs the debate over whether it is ethically correct...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 12 7th, 2008 | No Comments

Dog Rescues Dog?

Cheri Shankar wrote a great article for the Huffington Post about animals demonstrating "human" emotional traits. Read it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cheri-shankar/dog-rescues-dog_b_148569.html. Her article was inspired by the video embedded below.  I have to warn you that the content may be...
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