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POPSCute Birdie Pics "...I know, I know, we don't have enough cute damn birds on the site. I keep hearing about that and the lack of piglets. Do you know how hard it is to find a suitable cute piglet for this site? Do you people know I have a full time job?"
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POPSSocial Interactions Can Alter Gene Expression In Brain, And Vice Versa A critical insight came in 1992, in a study of songbirds led by David Clayton. He and his colleagues found that expression of a specific gene increases in the forebrain of a zebra finch or canary just after it hears a new song from a male of the same species. This gene, egr1, codes for a protein that itself regulates the expression of other genes.
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POPSThe Case Against Meat Animals also need land. Even if they're penned up in industrial agriculture settings. And it turns out they need a lot more of it than do most crops. The following graph (which comes from this pdf) tracks usable protein yield per acre for a host of foods. Meat doesn't fare well:
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POPSHow many words do dogs understand? For other dog owners, we all know soon we have to say W for walk or C for cookie and so on. This must be done only because they learn words fast. As with the examples above, I would obviously say the 'fast part' is associated with positive things...they're not dumb! For the complete article: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/dogs-understand-words.htm
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POPSHamster loves cookie I can't get this hamster out of my head. According to a commentator on Cute Overload, she is dancing to the "Fossils" movement in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals.
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POPSThe problem with panda bears This was written back in 1999 when a famous panda died at the Washington National Zoo. I have always remembered this piece, especially the part about the panda mother sitting on her baby.
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POPSCat & puppy As soon as Cute Overload stops posting pictures like these, I'll stop ripping it off.
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POPSSquirt the cat & Mali the rat btw, the cat in the photo is not the cat in my avatar picture. Totally different animals! Besides, I don't have any demonic rats in my apartment. Just a demonic cat.
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POPSIs it news that animals show empathy? Anyone who has had a dog or cat in their family will have recognized that animals can be empathetic to the pain and suffering of other animals and to humans. It is interesting but not surprising that mice are empathetic also.
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