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06 Oct 09

Justices weigh ban on animal-cruelty videos - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

  • Internet sales of so-called crush videos, which appeal to a certain sexual fetish by showing women crushing to death small animals with their bare feet or high-heeled shoes.
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30 Jul 09

Beluga whale carries struggling diver to surface | World News | News.com.au

  • That “incredible force” was Mila, a beluga whale which had noticed her distress and clamped its jaws around her leg.


    Using her sensitive nose, Mila drove Ms Yun carefully to the surface, to the amazement of onlookers and an underwater photographer who captured the entire incident on film.


    "Mila noticed the problem before we did,” an organiser told The Sun.


    "She's a sensitive animal who works closely with humans and I think this girl owes her her life."

12 Jun 09

“Fictive Learning” for Animals? - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com

  • The past 50 to 100 years of scientific research into this question has yielded multiple examples of supposedly unique human capacities in animals, such as tool use, tool making, conceptual inference, etc. But the observation remains that no animal has written a novel, created true art, or invented technology capable of travel to other planets or conversing through thin air.
  • Given how much DNA we share with other creatures, its more a matter of degree. Animals have a nuanced way of thinking that is very sophisticated. They have emotions, as well. Anyone who doesn’t believe that needs to sit absolutely still for 8 hours and watch apes or elephants.
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