Content tagged animals

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“Gay rights activists have protested at a north German zoo’s plans to test the sexual orientation of six male penguins which have displayed … gulfstream/1686

The names given to the various positions animals can take on shields and crests and such. gulfstream/2435

Human being can apparently run further and faster than any other animal. “All together, Lieberman said, these adaptations allowed us to relentlessly … gulfstream/2272

even in mad cow'd Britain, animals deserve a death more dignified than that of mass immolation (Andrew Sullivan) gulfstream/380

Malcolm Gladwell reviews Jared Diamond’s “Collapse.” Apparently, the Norse colonies in Greenland died out because they’d chopped down … gulfstream/1674

Quotes Collected

"Is it One of the Fiercer Animals?" he said, looking the other way. Pooh nodded. "It's a Jagular," he said. "What do Jagulars do?" asked Piglet, hoping … fortune

In Paris in 1780, of 21,000 registered births, only 5 per cent were nursed by their mothers. Most of the rest were sent to the countryside to be wet-nursed … fortune

"There's just one thing," said Piglet, fidgeting a bit. "I was talking to Christopher Robin, and he said that a Kanga was Generally Regarded as One of … fortune

When someone says that he lacks self-esteem he says it as if he were denied something that is his of right. Merely by virtue of drawing breath, each person … fortune