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The Birdwatchers - award-winning nature documentary
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On Sunday I saw a red tailed hawk and Great blue heron
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On monday I saw a red tailed hawk and Great blue heron, with the heron flying below me as I walked across a bridge, got a great Birds eye view of how gigantic its wing span is
Saw a rabbit chilling in the sun like this today, pretty surreal:
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Rabbits can benefit from time spent in the sun, just like humans, as it helps them produce vitamin D. However, it’s crucial to provide them with access to both sun and shade to avoid overheating. Rabbits should have a way to retreat to cool areas when they feel too warm.
Here’s why and how to safely allow rabbits to enjoy the sun:
Why Rabbits Need Sunlight:
- Vitamin D Production: Rabbits need sunlight, especially UVB rays, to synthesize vitamin D.
- Mental and Physical Well-being: Spending time in the sun can be relaxing and enjoyable for rabbits, contributing to their overall well-being."
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Yes, research indicates that horses can synchronize their heart rate with humans, particularly during positive interactions or when a horse is in a familiar and trusting relationship with a person. This synchronization can be a sign of the horse’s ability to “read” human emotions and respond emotionally.
Elaboration:
- Synchronization:
Studies have shown that horses may lower their heart rate when in the presence of humans, potentially mirroring a lower heart rate of a stressed individual. This suggests a mirroring effect, where the horse’s heart rate adapts to the human’s.
- Positive Relationships:
The synchronization effect seems to be stronger when there is a positive relationship between the horse and human, such as in therapy sessions or when a horse is interacting with its favorite human.
- Emotional Sensing:
Horses have exceptional senses, including hearing, and can hear a human’s heartbeat from a distance. This heightened sense allows them to be attuned to human emotional states and respond accordingly.
- Potential Benefits:
The synchronization and the ability to “read” human emotions can be beneficial in various situations, including equine therapy, where it can contribute to stress reduction and improved well-being.
- Research Findings:
Studies have investigated the heart rate variability (HRV) of horses and humans, measuring the coupling between their heart rates during different interactions, such as grooming or simply being near each other. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov) Quantitative heartbeat coupling measures in human-horse interaction - PubMed found that there was a statistically significant difference in the coupling of heart rates, especially during positive interactions."
"What happens if a bird sings in the forest and no one is there to hear it?
If it’s in the Sierra Nevada, chances are a microphone placed by researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin will be listening.
A vast network of audio recorders now covers almost 40% of the mountain range in California. They transmit groundbreaking bird-tracking data back to scientists for a practical wildfire study, according to Phys.org.
Here’s how it works. A joint team from Cornell’s conservation bioacoustics lab and UW partnered with the U.S. Forest Service and several other West Coast schools. It placed enough microphones to cover 6 million acres of forest and gathered over 700,000 hours of tape featuring all kinds of birdsong, Phys.org explained.
In the lab, they ran the recordings through BirdNET, which is powered by artificial intelligence. It can recognize distinct species just from hearing a snippet of sound. The technology was developed by Cornell ornithologists and Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. With this method, the team analyzed the population levels of spotted owls, woodpeckers, and eight other key birds that reflect the forest’s health, per Phys.org.
Those findings are already pretty useful for birders, conservation efforts, and more research. Plus, getting such a large dataset this way was far more cost-effective than manual observation would have been, researchers said.
Related video: Forest Floors Actually Make Different Sounds Depending on Whether It’s Healthy (Amaze Lab)and flourishing with biodiversity.
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But the team did not stop there. It set out to apply its bird presence data to other variables, such as forest density and canopy height. These are the kind of traits that forest managers rely on when strategically removing foliage or running a controlled burn to prevent the spread of wildfires and restore forests.
Yet managers are not always equipped to make those decisions with biodiversity in mind. Now, they can just look at a detailed map informed by hours of birdsong and see where certain species are likely to live, according to Phys.org.
As global temperatures rise, devastating fires are becoming more frequent. They pose intense and long-lasting dangers to both humans and wildlife. With this kind of applicable research, those on the front lines can work to prevent fires and protect habitats at the same time.
“It’s sort of a blueprint for how monitoring birdsongs and calls can inform management,” lead author and Cornell postdoctoral research associate Kristin Brunk said, per Phys.org. “I’m really hoping that we’ll hear from other researchers who are trying to do similar things.”
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A Conversation With Koko
Jan van Hooff visits chimpanzee “Mama”, 59 yrs old and very sick. Emotional meeting
"Mama, 59 years old and the oldest chimpanzee and the matriarch of the famous chimpanzee colony of the Royal Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands, was gravely ill. Jan van Hooff (emeritus professor behavioural biology at Utrecht University and co-founder of the Burgers colony) who has known Mama since 1972, visited her in the week before she died of old age in april 2016. It took a while before she became aware of Jan’s presence. Her reaction was extremely emotional and heart-breaking. Mama played an important social role in the colony. This has been described in “Chimpanzee Politics” by Frans de Waal, who studied the colony since 1974.
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