Sentences with phrase «animals and birds more»

Working or Hunting dogs are more likely to pick up worms as they come into contact with other animals and birds more frequently and may eat rodents or raw meat which can be infested with the parasites.

Not exact matches

God could manage to keep all «his» trillions of species of animals, birds, fish and insects and bacteria alive, thriving and healthy for obviously the last 6,000 years, and more likely many millions of years before that.

Charles Hartshorne has devoted much trained attention to bird song and argues that song requires «something like an aesthetic sense in the animal,» though it may be more a matter of aesthetic feeling rather than aesthetic thought (BS 2, 12).

Even the point about what is best for other creatures, which may seem very modern, is not without foundation in Hebrew Scriptures in such passages as the law against taking the hen - bird as well as the eggs from the nest (Deut 22:6), or this saying from Proverbs: «A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast» (12:10), where, be it noted, the quality that makes a man considerate of his working animals is not prudence or good business sense but «righteousness,» a point all the more significant when we remember that in the Hebrew Scriptures one of the marks of righteousness is not mere evenhandedness but active favor to the weak and deprived.

Consisting of 9000 acres, the Reserve protects unique ecosystems and vernal pools, as well as more than 200 species of native birds and 49 endangered, threatened or rare animal and plant species.

Big Ass Fans and Lights are an economical, energy - efficient solution for a herd of agricultural issues — from worker safety and product integrity to animal health, productivity, air quality, bird and bug deterrence and more.

More than 200 years ago an unknown artist tramped the American wilderness painting birds, animals, fish, shrubs, flowers, and creating one of the rarest of rare books.

January 29: At this Wild By the Fire event, you can meet animals, create a treat for birds, and more (Lincoln)

More than 50 residents said the plan puts at risk a piece of land inhabited by myriad bird and animal species that they believe have thrived until now without outside interference.

Each year, Picture This: Your Great Outdoors attracts shutterbugs of all abilities, ages and backgrounds, who are encouraged to fan out across the state (and Mass Audubon's Wildwood Camp in Rindge, NH) to take their best shots of birds and other animals, friends and family members enjoying the outdoors, and more.

Each year, the competitionattracts shutterbugs of all abilities, ages and backgrounds, who are encouraged to fan out across the state (and Mass Audubon's Wildwood Camp in Rindge, NH) to take their best shots of birds and other animals, friends and family members enjoying the outdoors, and more.

Now, animal behaviorists have shown that domestication was a two - for - one deal: Not only did the birds become fearless, they also got bigger and produced more and larger eggs.

«Several studies have measured parasite infection in urban animals, but surprisingly we are the first to measure whether wild birds living in a city were more or less infected by a parasite and a pathogen, as well as how these infections are linked to their physiological stress,» said Mathieu Giraudeau, a post-doctoral associate who previously worked with Kevin McGraw, ASU associate professor with the School of Life Sciences.

Poinar suggested in the journal American Entomologist that the origins of this deadly disease, which today can infect animals ranging from humans and other mammals to birds and reptiles, may have begun in an insect such as the biting midge more than 100 million years ago.

More than 500 footprints of ancient horses, rhinos, birds and other animals dotted the area around the hominid tracks.

«This makes what we found much more similar to human conversations and very different from the coordinated calling of animals such as birds, frogs, or crickets, which is linked to mating or territorial defense.»

Last year, the Department of Agriculture began procedures to extend the 1970 Animal Welfare Act to cover more than 20 million laboratory rats, mice, and birds — about 95 percent of all research animals.

In general, the group's lyrics are distinctly naturalist — painting pictures of wildlife and untouched ecosystems — but birds tend to appear in these narratives more often than other animals.

Of all relationships between wild animals and people, few are more heartwarming than that of African honey hunters and a robin - sized bird called the greater honeyguide.

For instance, amphibians, the «tortoises» in this tortoise - and - a-hare race against climate change, seemed to die off much more than fast - moving animals, the hares, such as many birds.

Breuer and Swartz found that bats are some of the nimblest airborne animals around and, given their size, far more maneuverable than birds or insects.

A survey suggests that 210 bird species are more threatened than we knew and it could be true of other animals, too

Previous comparisons of different birds and primates have shown that more social animals tend to have larger brains.

More than 180 species of animals have been documented to ingest plastic debris, including birds, fish, turtles and marine mammals, according to the report.

The Birds have however interested me much more than the insects, they are proportionally much more numerous, and throw great light on the laws of Geographical distribution of Animals in the East... As an instance I may mention the Cockatoos, a group of birds confined to Australia & the Moluccas, but quite unknown in Java Borneo Sumatra & Malacca... Many other species illustrate the same Birds have however interested me much more than the insects, they are proportionally much more numerous, and throw great light on the laws of Geographical distribution of Animals in the East... As an instance I may mention the Cockatoos, a group of birds confined to Australia & the Moluccas, but quite unknown in Java Borneo Sumatra & Malacca... Many other species illustrate the same birds confined to Australia & the Moluccas, but quite unknown in Java Borneo Sumatra & Malacca... Many other species illustrate the same fact.

Marine mammals, sharks and rays, polar bears, and some birds are among the 31 species that will get greater protection under a deal reached earlier this week by more than 100 countries at a meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a U.N. body.

Once farmers saw opportunity for growth and packed more birds into barns, the drugs took on a new role: to protect crowded animals from illness.

More than 7,000 plant and animal species make their homes here, and more than half of the bird species found on the entire continent inhabit the Sky IslaMore than 7,000 plant and animal species make their homes here, and more than half of the bird species found on the entire continent inhabit the Sky Islamore than half of the bird species found on the entire continent inhabit the Sky Islands.

He said animals that can migrate — like whales and birds — are more likely to adapt, while species bound to a particular environment, or food source, will face greater challenges.

The origins for reptiles contrast with other famous Australian animal groups including marsupials and birds, which include many more species descended from ancestors that lived on Gondwana, a super continent that included Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa and Madagascar.

More studies are needed to determine whether other birds and animals behave in a similar way, but the researchers suggest that installing special lights on planes could alert birds to begin their escape from a longer distance away.

She and colleagues collected DNA from more than 180 of the animals — many nabbed with the help of «kiwi dogs» that can sniff out birds hidden in their burrows — living in four different refuges.

If dinosaurs (or, as some evolutionists assert, reptiles) evolved into birds, thousands of types of animals should have been more birdlike than dinosaurs and yet more dinosaur - like than birds.

There's more to these findings than just lofty philosophical quandaries, though: If ravens really do possess a level of social cognition comparable to humans and other large primates, the birds might serve as better animal models to study this kind of behavior in the lab — which could help scientists understand why some humans are better at this kind of inference than others, and why some individuals can't manage it at all.

By studying the microscopic structure of the eggs, Dr. Varricchio and I were able to determine that the animal buried its eggs in a vegetation mound or nested in a humid environment - more like some reptiles than most open - nesting modern birds.

The study, published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, analyzed the vocal sequences of seven different species of birds and mammals and found that the vocal sequences produced by the animals appear to be generated by complex statistical processes, more akin to human language.

However, the idea of cultivating a garden so that it lures animals and birds into carefully laid traps and ambushes, making THEM come to YOU — instead of YOU having to go chasing after THEM — would have been much more productive, don't you think?

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Beyond extolling personal virtue and effort, the story of the hummingbird also suggests that the single bird's actions are futile without the assistance of the larger animals — such as the elephant, who could of course carry much more water — or the concerted effort of all the animals to do something.

Get expert tips to keep your animals safe in cold weather, read a special thanks to those who volunteer with animals, find out how to keep your bird safe from household toxins and more in the November 2013 issue of Pets in the City Magazine.

The self - professed animal fanatic shares his home with more than 15 pets, including dogs, birds, Chinchillas, hamsters, terrapins, a cat, a guinea pig, and of course, his Netherland Dwarf bunny, Wing.

The beauty of the animals in Africa is exquisite; numerous species of birds in every color of the rainbow, monkeys swinging from trees with their babies clinging to their backs, giraffes grazing in open fields, sprinting cheetahs, elephants playing in the water and so much more wildlife fill Africa.

There is also an opportunity for visitors to interact with small animals, like bunnies, chinchillas and ferrets, and there are displays for those interested in learning more about feeding wild birds.

More than 20 dogs, cats and birds, some dead and others diseased, were seized by animal control officers Wednesday from a house that was described as resembling a scene from a horror movie.Officials said the call was one of the worst cases of animal abuse they had ever encountered.A search turned up two dead chickens and one dead guinea fowl inside the house and a rotting carcass on the kitchen counter that could not be identified as a dog, cat or anything else, said Clara Gundy, executive director of the Humane Society of Central Brevard.

The TV room, too, is an animal haven, shared by more dogs and a few of the birds.

For cats, birds, exotics, and smaller animals - we have created blends which are more appropriate to use.

We are equipped to treat all types of animals from dogs and cats, rabbits, horses, birds, reptiles, wildlife and more.