Animal materials

Animal material (111)
Animal skin (308)

Synopsis: 2.0.. agro: Animal materials:


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A female capuchin would barely notice a tiny marmoset clinging to her fur, making it reasonable to assume that the infant didn't slow her down at all.


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Fur loses its insulation and mammals can face hypothermia pretty quickly, so it's vital to get dry as quickly as possible.

it needs to shake proportionally faster to generate the same forces to break the surface tension of water on its fur oe up to 33 times per second,

and camera equipment oe perhaps hardly surprising following Dickerson's findings that dogs can get rid of 70%of the water on their fur in just four seconds.


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a colander and a leather belt; aerials made from all manner of implements; and houses constructed out of old boat sails, rice sacks and plastic drinks bottles.


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From mislabeled crocodile to fake fur, a global industry has thrived for centuries by supplying shops and markets with fraudulent or counterfeit products.

Leather, probably not. Â Things treated under high temperature and pressure can often come out without any DNA.

 There are sometimes workarounds for answering questions that barcoding can't. Birck laughs as he describes one case in which they got a little snippet of fur that had come from a stuffed cat.

The sellers were claiming the fur was fake, but someone at customs suspected it was real cat fur that had been glued onto the outside of the toy.

Birck tried, but couldn't get any DNA from the hair, or from the plastic like material the hair was glued to.

and he handed the fur to someone who specializes in textiles and fabrics. A quick look under the microscope confirmed that it was, in fact, real cat hair.


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but the average American consumes 13g (0. 46 ounces) daily, mainly in animal products, which are fed on fertilised crops.


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including a low-cost nutcracker for farmers in Morocco and a solar-powered incubator for guinea fowl in Burkina faso.


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That heart-thudding glimpse of copper fur"burning bright"will stain my memory forever; it will be truly devastating


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Considered one of the most costly animal products consumed by humans, it is so expensive because the nests can only be harvested a few times per year.¢


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The ministry said in its statement that the factories to be closed would include 762 that make cement, 279 that produce paper, 175 that manufacture steel and 84 that process leather.


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and discovered a black leather John Varvatos jacket that hed casually purchased several years ago for $1, 500 at a New york boutique.


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Also the Daily telegraph revealed recently that most animal products available in supermarkets like meat, eggs or dairy, are fed from livestock GM.


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#Worlds Oldest Leather Shoe Found World oldest shoe? Three years ago, a 3, 000-year old shoe was found.

Made from a single piece of cowhide technique that draws premium prices for modern shoes under the designation oewhole cut he shoe is laced along seams at the front and back

with a leather cord. Theres a comment on its design from fashion mogul Manolo Blahnik at the link.


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The Spanish-Moroccan team analysed 20 samples of cows milk bought in Spain and Morocco, along with samples of goat and breast milk.


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and soot-covered leather. ELF: Pale golden musk, honeycomb, amber, parma violet, hawthorne bark, aspen leaf, forest lily, life everlasting, white moss,

Field grey courgette musk, roughly cured leather, and vetiver. CLERIC: Rose amber, frankincense, myrrh, champaca flower, Peru balsam, cistus, palisander, cananga, hyssop,

Leather, musk, blood, and steel. MAGE: All mystique and thrumming power: gurjum balsam, Sumatran dragons blood resin, olibanum, galangal, oleo gum resin, and frankincense.


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Sold exclusively at the Williamsburg restaurant Marlow & Sons, Breton tote bags boast supple leather and a price tag that ranges from $300 to $400.

The latest in farm-to-table-to-closet fashion, the leather goods are crafted from the tanned hides of the same locally sourced,


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For animals with fur, air pockets are trapped between the hairs which create an extra layer of insulation.


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The Original Leather Handle for ipad was created on a whim, first out of a file folder and later out of leather.

making gorgeous soft leather handles which keep ipads safe and secure THE ORIGINAL LEATHER HANDLE FOR IPAD.#

#She says, I d just read the new book about Steve jobs by Walter Isaacson, and was filled with admiration for

When she returned home, she and a master leather crafter, Tim Kennedy, put everything into place to go into full production mode.

Grandpa Vincent raided his savings account to buy enough leather for a first run. So many orders have come in that they ve now begun a production line in Florida and in England for European orders.

thus, the Original Leather Handle for ipad. How long did it take you to create you initial prototype,

since leather can only be bought in large hides. Is this a product you d like to produce


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So researchers at the University of British columbia have created something called smart fur.##It s weird-looking (essentially just a few inches of faux fur)

but its sensors allow it to mimic the reaction of a live animal whether you give it a nervous scratch or a slow, calm rub.


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#Smart Fur allows robo-pets to gauge owners emotions A piece of smart fur can tell the difference between pets, scratches or even the breath of a human owner.

That s where a new smart fur#that the team has created comes in. Developed by graduate student Anna Flagg, the sensor#right now just a square blob a few inches long,

given how they re touching the fur,##Flagg said. Imagine a cat that, instead of biting you

and pet the fur sensor all had their own ways of interacting with the blob,

#Integrating the fur sensor into the robot is a first step.##ore tests are planned#Maclean is planning a study at the children s hospital in Vancouver to see

#Flagg is demonstrating her smart fur at the 2012 IEEE Haptics Symposium March 4-7 in Vancouver.


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In China, for example, diets, are proportionally richer in animal products and vegetables than in the 1960s,

which Thais consume more than animal products. This variety in diets carries certain implications, the report argues.


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A seahorse might slightly resemble a horse without the fur and with a different kind of tail

and increasingly popular delicacies (in South america) have more fur and faster metabolisms than any true pig.

Their brownish-red fur resembles that of a fox but aside from that these tree-dwelling fruit-eating mammals have little in common with their namesakes. m


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Fifteen seals with small sensors temporarily glued to their fur will help the scientists collect data

when the seals molt their fur the scientists said. The observations may also help the researchers understand how changing Antarctic conditions are affecting seal populations in the region.


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which is promoted by the black market for panda fur. In addition the panda's primary habitat is located in the forests of China's Yangtze Basin region the capital of China's economic boom.


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reducing or replacing consumption of animal products and refining diets by choosing products from sources that adhere to higher animal-welfare standards.


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not only to assure safe foods but also more humanely produced animal products. Given the concerns about pet treats you might consider baking your own healthy dog treats as a precaution.


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Through education and enforcement China and other East Asian nationsneed to address the demand for ivory rhino horn and other animal products.


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However it's also possible to consume it through animal products and too much of it can be a bad thing


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Silver foxes were prized in Russia for their fur and Belyaev's official research objective was trying to breed foxes for better fur.

Adopt a Pet Fox for Science's Sake Instead of trying to create a domesticated species by selecting for each physical trait Belyaev selected for one simple behavioral trait


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and many of the popular raw animal-product based pet treats currently on the market said Freeman in a statement.


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since we eat a lot of animal products. All animal products contain some cholesterol but they also contain saturated fat an even more significant culprit in heart-disease risk.

The major determinant of plasma LDL level is saturated fatsaid Alice Lichtenstein professor of nutrition science and policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.


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#Environmental law Fuels Black market Trade in Cat Skins Fluffy hold on to your fur: Some scoundrels may want a piece of you.

A lucrative trade in cat fur is booming in Switzerland and as a result many domestic cats are disappearing animal advocates say.

But activists say the law is being used as a cover to pick off innocent pets and skin them for their fur The Verge reported.

The cat fur trade was outlawed in Switzerland in 2008 but aâ cat-fur blanket can fetch more than $1700 according to The Verge article.

An advocacy group called SOS Chats has used hidden cameras to uncover a booming black market trade in cat skins as well as 21 cat-skin tanneries across the country.


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whose skin and fur serve humanity's fashion tastes those beings who we choose to wear


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and have gray fur while those from southern Australia have longer fur that is a browner color due to the colder climate in

which it dwells. Koalas live in trees and eat primarily eucalyptus leaves. These leaves are very fibrous low in nutrition

In the early 20th century they were hunted to near extinction for their fur according to the Adelaide Zoo.

Koala fur is waterproof. It also protects them from both high and low extreme temperatures. Though there are more than 700 species of eucalyptus in Australia koalas eat only 50 of them.


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The color and length of a leopard's fur can vary depending on where it lives.

or orange fur while the fur of desert leopards is lighter. Leopards from cold climates have longer grayer fur

and rainforest leopards have golden coats. Leopards'spots called rosettes can be either round or square to help them blend in even better with their surroundings.


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Newborn moose have fur with a reddish hue and they stay with their moms for a year until the next babies are born.


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They have black fur with white patches at the throat and rump. They are generally solitary creatures

and will consume all parts of an animal from fur to bones and sometimes they dig up dead animals to eat their rotting bodies.

because they thought the animals were hunting livestock and valuable fur stocks. They were trapped to the point of extinction


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Druid leaders wore animal skins and heads during Samhain ceremonies possibly contributing to the familiar tradition of dressing up in costumes.


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a carnivore native to northern North america that was introduced to South america in the 1930s for fur farming.


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and in time would establish a highly profitable fur trade in the region. In the 16th century The english did attempt to found Roanoke colony a venture that ended in disaster the colonists disappearing

Boots shoes and leather were consumed also and as recent archaeological evidence confirms some colonists resorted to cannibalism to survive.


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what researchers call tailed toggles Leather strips at the top of the shoes would form knots that would be passed through openings to close the shoes.

After they were closed a long strip of leather would have hung down decoratively at either side.

The shoes are made out of leather which is likely bovine. Most surprising was isolated that the shoe had

A rand is folded a leather strip that would go between the sole of the shoe and the upper part reinforcing the stitching as the the upper is very prone to tear apart at the stitch holes he explained.


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which looks at anatomical features such as bone length types of teeth and the presence of stripes in the fur.

We looked at all aspects of mammalian anatomy from the skull and skeleton to the teeth to internal organs to muscles and even fur patterns.


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That suggests they had been carried there likely in a leather pouch that has disintegrated long since said study co-author Ruth Dickau an archaeologist at the University of Exeter in an email.


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or vegan (who consume no animal products). The researchers found that adults who avoid meat and eat fewer animal products produced much lower concentrations of TMAO in the blood compared with the meat eaters.

If you're eating a lot of red meat this study argues to consider cutting back Hazen said.


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which shuns all animal products including eggs and dairy are winning converts. And then there's a new offshoot the raw vegan diet

or Esselstyn or than the diets that allow modest amounts of animal products. Vegans would have to ask themselves what the added benefit would be from going raw

Adults who have eaten animal products for more than 20 years by contrast have the benefit of relying on bodily stores of certain key nutrients.


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and to address the underlying poverty that motivates people to kill and traffic animal products like rhino horns.


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Snow leopards are struggling to survive in their mountain habitats driven to the brink of extinction by increasing intrusions into their rocky domain and by the insatiable demand for their fur and bones.

Despite the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) a lucrative illegal trade flourishes as leopards are killed for their skin and bones meeting the demands of both the fur industry and traditional Chinese medicine.


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They would singe the fur off in the fire and then skin out the meat.


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or fish and vegans typically avoid all animal products but they too can enjoy green beans sweet potatoes cranberry sauce and other side dishes.


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In 2011 Modern Meadow took up the challenge setting out to make ecological and economical leather and meat from bioprinters.

They predict cultured leather will be on the market in five years. Modern Meadow s CEO Andras Forgacs is a pioneer in the bioprinting field cofounding the tissue printing company Organovo (NYSE:


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She is a rising senior at Mount Holyoke College and spent last semester reporting on witchcraft in Morocco.


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and animal products are healthy and potentially produced generations of individuals addicted to simple carbohydrates. When fat was consumed the consensus opinion said vegetable oils even those artificially hardened were safer for our susceptible coronary arteries.

Yet despite the broad findings the message that proliferated was that in countries that consumed more animal products

Manufacturers believed they could make foods people enjoy healthier by replacing animal products with hydrogenated vegetable oils


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vegans who eat no animal products; lacto-ovo egetarians who consume dairy products and eggs; pesco-vegetarians who eat fish but rarely meat;


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Both rely on baleen a system of hairy bristles that line their mouths and trap food.

The new study published today (March 13) in The Journal of Experimental Biology shows that the baleen of bowhead whales

And how the baleen gets morphed is different depending on the specific whale's feeding style the study found.

Everyone assumed baleen works like a sieve study author Alexander Werth a biologist at Hampden-Sydney College Va. told Livescience.

But as soon as he put pieces of baleen in a flow tank it became immediately apparent that it was a dynamic tissue rather than a static one.

Baleen is made up of keratin the protein found in hair and fingernails which forms large plates that enclose a fibrous inner core.

 Baleen biomechanics Werth wanted to compare the biomechanics of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) with that of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae.

He placed pieces of baleen from these whales in a giant tank and pumped water

 See Video of Baleen in Motion Werth tested small sections of each kind of baleen at water speeds between 2 and 55 inches per second (5 and 140 centimeters per second) which is comparable to

Werth also varied the angle of the baleen between parallel and perpendicular to the flow.

He observed how many beads the baleen bristles trapped for at least 2 seconds. The single baleen plates trapped the most beads at the lowest water speeds the results showed.

As the water speed increased the bristles streamed out like hair blowing in a strong wind creating gaps where particles could slip through.

But baleen isn't found in single plates in a whale's mouth it's found in rows

so Werth tested a small rack of six baleen plates. Now the bristles formed a tangled net in the flowing water with most beads being trapped at about 28 to 31 inches/s (70 to 80 cm/s) exactly the speed bowhead whales swim

Humpback whale baleen was shorter and coarser than bowhead baleen and captured fewer beads. Feeding styles The findings reveal how the baleen of bowhead whales

and humpbacks differs biomechanically. Those differences explain the specialized feeding styles of the two types of whales:

The baleen of humpback whales performed best at the same speed as that of bowheads despite the fact that humpbacks typically swim faster than bowheads when feeding.

This is a fascinating study marine ecologist Ari Friedlaender of Duke university who was involved not in the study told Livescience in an email adding he was surprised  that the bowhead whale baleen functioned better at higher flow speeds than the humpback whale baleen.

Werth also hopes to explore how pollutants affect the whales'baleen. I'm really worried about


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For instance just 1500 golden lion tamarin a magnificent primate covered in red fur are left in the wild the Smithsonian National Zoological Park reports.

Tigers lions and other big cats have also increasingly been poached due to demand for various body parts like their iconic fur.


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Research has shown that the ideal diet is one that is largely plant-based with a wide wide wide variety of fruits vegetables whole grains and healthful animal products.


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Humans become sick with the disease by handling animal products such as wool hide or bone from animals infected with the anthrax bacterium.


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#What Is bonded Leather? If you've purchased a relatively cheap leather sofa leather-bound books

or an inexpensive belt you might own a bonded-leather item. But what is bonded leather?

Bonded leather consists of scraps from real leather hides that are mixed with polyurethane a type of plastic.

The material should include from 60 to 100 percent real natural leather such as cowhide according to manufacturing standards.

The actual proportion depends on the quality level maintained by the manufacturer. To make bonded leather manufacturers use the scraps and fibers left over during the production of real leather items.

Blended with plastics these scraps are attached to a hard-fiber backing. Manufacturers also frequently add coats

and polishes to make the material look more leatherlike. Real leather items by contrast use the whole skin of an animal not scraps.

The advantages of bonded leather include its lower cost and environmental friendliness since it makes use of reclaimed

or recycled materials. Furniture office supplies and books often use bonded leather. It can be difficult to tell a bonded-leather item apart from the Real mccoy

because the two materials look and smell similar. The difference usually comes in durability. Bonded-leather furniture for example tears more quickly.

Consumer Affairs a consumer advocacy group reports frequent complaints about bonded-leather furniture wearing down.

Follow Michael Dhar@michaeldhar. Follow Livescience@livescience. We're also on Facebook & Google


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#What Is Coconut oil? The coconut palm ranks as one of the most useful plants on the planet.

For generations cultures in tropical regions have used it for food cosmetics or building materials. Today coconut oil is sold also as a nutritional supplement that has an impressive range of touted uses from getting rid of lice to treating diabetes.


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Wolverines also have a distinctive mask of dark fur around their eyes and forehead and a stripe of blond or ivory fur that runs from each shoulder to the base of the animal's tail.

and are covered in white fur. While the females handle the bulk of the rearing males will visit from time to time


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Domestic camels are often the main source of meat milk and even leather or wool products.

and used for transportation meat fur leather and milk. Camels can run at 25 mph (40 kph) for long periods.


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Some tigers have orange fur with black stripes; others are black with tan stripes white with tan stripes or all white (albino) according to the San diego Zoo.


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Platypuses have dense thick fur that helps them stay warm underwater. Most of the fur is dark brown except for a patch of lighter fur near each eye and lighter-colored fur on the underside.

Their front feet have extra skin that acts like a paddle when the animals are swimming.

They have waterproof fur skin that covers their ears and eyes and noses that seal shut to protect the animals


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or replacing consumption of animal products while refining our diets by switching to products from humane sources) are here to stay.


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Newborn hares are born with fur and are able to move as well as see shortly after birth.


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They have narrow elongated snouts lean bodies covered in thick fur yellow or amber eyes and long bushy tails.

Coyotes have gray white tan and brown fur. Their fur color depends on where they live.

Coyotes that live in the mountains have darker coats and ones that live in the desert have lighter coats.


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Fossil skulls show evidence of whiskers which indicates that some species had fur and were endothermic.


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The leather of the sleeve is itself quite formidable and can save you from a lot of damage.

They contain two carefully carved bone pieces sewn into the leather itself. They can take a hit from just about anything-Kest believes that they could even block the ball from a pistol

and loop the leather strap attached to them to your two middle fingers. You now have a way of parrying swords maces

and pushed my fingers through the leather loops. They're going to get smart and use those crossbows to pick us off at a distance.


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Just like its name the gray wolf typically has thick gray fur although pure white or all black variations exist.


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although they clearly had suckled fur and their young. They had three ear bones like modern mammals and a jaw with both mammalian and reptilian characteristics s


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In general Vitamin b12 is found in animal products Sheth said so strict vegetarians and vegans must actively seek out another source of the vitamin.


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and chemical use as well as energy for transporting that feed live animals and animal products. The total process for bringing such vast quantities of meat egg and dairy products to our plates comes at a substantial cost to the environment.

Reducing or replacing consumption of animal products while refining diets (switching to products from sources that adhere to higher animal-welfare standards).


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and fur to contain larger amounts of a dark pigment. These types of jaguars are found in rainforests

It doesn't have any natural predators other than humans who hunt them for their fur or sport.


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#These Adorable Fur Balls Survived a Raging Forest fire SACRAMENTO Calif. Johanna Varner thought a devastating forest fire meant the end of her pika research on Oregon's Mount Hood.


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Three-toed sloths descend from the trees once a week to defecate providing a breeding ground for moths that live in the animals'fur

We hypothesized that this behavior sustains an ecosystem in the fur of sloths which confers cryptic nutritional benefits to sloths the researchers wrote in their journal article.

and three-toed sloths near San Josã Costa rica and counted the number of moths as well as the amount of nitrogen phosphorus and algae in each animal's fur.

whether it matched algae in the fur which would indicate the sloths were consuming it.

The researchers found more moths in the fur of three-toed sloths than in that of their two-toed relatives.

In addition the team found larger amounts of inorganic nitrogen and algae in the fur of the three-toed sloths.

The algae in the sloths'forestomachs also matched that found in their fur. When the sloths relieve themselves their insect tenants lay eggs in the dung

Or the moths may be directly transferring nutrients from the sloth dung to their fur where algae can grow.


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Often kept as pets chinchillas are prized also for their luxuriously soft fur and were driven nearly to extinction because of the demand.

Chinchilla fur was mottled originally yellow-gray in the wild according to The Merck Veterinary Manual. Through selective breeding however other colors have become common including silver yellow-gray bluish-gray white beige and black.

Chinchilla fur became popular in the 1700s and the animals were hunted nearly to extinction by 1900 About that time Argentina Bolivia Chile

Chinchillas are covered in thick fur for a reason. In the Andes they can live in elevations of about 3000 to 5000 meters (9800 to 16400 feet.

Though chinchilla fur is valued highly for use in clothing and coats the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has restricted the sale and trade of wild chinchillas since 1975.

Many chinchillas are bred commercially for their fur. Both species of chinchilla are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources'endangered-species list.


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and using animal products. The primary motivation behind veganism is to reduce harm to all living creatures.

Vegans also stay away from food items that were processed using animal products. For example vegans often avoid white sugar

or wearing various clothing items made with leather wool fur or silk. Upholstery bedding and other household items using these materials are avoided also.

but do not abstain from using animal products are sometimes known as dietary vegans or strict vegetarians. Follow Joseph Castro on Twitter.


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