animals

This quote is from a BBC article a couple of years ago but I couldn't find a thread on it. Referring to George Dvorsky of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies: He believes in an “ethical imperative to uplift”, arguing that if the technology is developed it should be shared with...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lXdyD2Yzls

So today I open my e-mail and I receive this foward about this guy who's some artist. And this guy supposedly took a street dog and tied him up so that he starved and that was his "art" gallery. So then they send you a link to sign a petition to keep this guy from killing some more animals and...

I understand that there is a Gorrilla somewhere that can actually express itself using sign language, which is quite extraordinary in my book. I just wonder, can the more intelligent animals, like Apes and Dolphins actually think? I think I heard that Dolphins actually have their own language...

Anyone ever see this? http://thememoryhole.org/mil/animal_esp.htm (The PDF document is 15 pages long, just to give a heads' up)

....stuff them in a similar cage and just leave them there all day, esp if it's really hot or cold. I'd walk up once in awhile and go "HOW DO YOU LIKE IT AHOLE??" and remark to others how I wasn't sure when I might feel like letting them out. POSs. I will never buy an animal from a pet...

This is an incredible 8 minute animal encounter. I don't want to give away the ending but it has several twists and turns you have to see to believe! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM

Are there any methods to fuse plant DNA with animal DNA? If so, I cant imagine Pegasus or such a complete perfect mould of two animals. Can anyone tell me more on the subject? I believe we are using animals to grow human organs. Sorry if this is vague, but I guess the opening sentence I feel is...

Has any study been done with the stories of animals traveling long distances to get back home? I was just reading a series of stories in The New Book of Lists about this. Perhaps the stories are exagertions or the people were confused about the animal being their lost pet. Most interesting are...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16379707/ Why don't they use their psychic spies?

Sunday, December 10, at 8 pm Eastern, 9 pm Pacific, on the National Geographic Channel, there's an amazing documentary called "In the Womb: Animals." The site has a fascinating promo clip, and some great pictures--the baby elephant alone is worth seeing! They use 4-D ultrasound imaging on a...

It would appear that rats do.... http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/dreaming.html what animals are thought to dream? Do more intelligent animals have more complex dreams? Do animal dreams go beyond reconstruction (replay of events) into more imaginative sequences? If one can dream can one be...

The world's first museum exhibit of gay animals is at the Oslo Natural History Museum. (Anyone in Norway who's going?) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3827434a4560,00.html

I've discussed several times without any conclussion if by nature animals and/or humans are GOOD or EVIL. I mean, i personally care for other people, I feel bad when i see other people bad. I think i'm good by nature, but other people argued that my social environment, make me fell like that...

Are there any animals you can think of that do not yawn ? Birds ? Fish ? Insects ? Platypus ? If so, why do they not yawn ?

OK, so my wife is a vet, and I've decided to start her a collection of books about animals. But I want "feel good" animal books, one that a vet would enjoy to read (Cujo and Jaws need not apply) Unfortunately, the only really feel good animal books I know are those from my youth. Things like...

So, I've been watching Cosmos all afternoon and while watching the episode "The persistence of memory" Carl Sagan mentioned that animals have feelings, but what separates us from them is that we have thoughts. He went on to say that animals, such as reptiles, don't think, but instead follow...

Do animals have emotions? First of all, Im posting this in the religion and philosophy area because I believe those questions have been answered by religion (are still answered by religion). and this answer is simple believed to be true, just because. That said, here is what I think: 1)...

I just read this news on BBC about the effects of the extreme cold in Russia: Can this really be true? I would have thought that the monkeys might not feel so cold when they drink wine, but they would definitely not be protected against the cold? And can you cure pneumonia by rubbing with...

unable to find anything about whether they are safe or not Anyone with any news about this?

There are laws against cruelty to animals, but a recent Washington (state) case demonstrates that we need more laws. Link. Something tells me that writing more laws prohibiting cruelty to animals will be just as effective as writing more laws regulating firearms. "You mean if I have sex with...

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/mostread/s_354359.html http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/wildlife/fishfeminization.htm http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Commentary/News/newspapers.htm http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/janfeb02/endocrine.html Sounds like it could...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4575371.stm This how the BBC reports on a report on animal testing. Not a single extract from the report is published without criticism from campaigners before and after. Lots of quotes from various campaigners without rebuttal from those researchers who...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meat and milk from cloned cattle are virtually identical to the same products from prize animals bred the old-fashioned way, researchers in Japan and the United States reported on Tuesday. While cautioning that their study is not the definitive report on whether it is...

Ok, my wife informed me that the paper is actually on Alt. Med on animals, not just homeopathy. She has the common misconception that homeopathy is synonymous with alternative medicine. Anyway, now I guess the scope of the paper changes to a wider spectrum. Anyone know of alt med studies on...

I know it's sheer quackery, but my wife is at a community college taking courses to become an vetrinary assistant. Anyway, she's been assigned to write a report on "the benefits" of homeopathy on animals. So, she is going to write all about how homeopathy is based on nonsense and is quackery...

"Now there is a growing weight of evidence to suggest animal minds probably do house emotions quite similar to our own." Wow. Who'd a thunk it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4360947.stm

Thousands of species could be lost if action is not taken to halt global warming, a conservation charity warns. John Lanchbery, of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, says wildlife is already being affected. It will take very little further climate change to "catastrophically"...

Can endothermic animals evolve heat vision like ssome insects and snakes have? Could IR cones go right along with the other cones in the eye?

Has anyone attempted to genetically engineer lab rats or other medical research subjects so that they have only the most rudimentary parts of the brain? They would have to be fed by machines, but perhaps they could have enough lower brain functioning to keep involuntary bodily functions...