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Synopsis: 4.4. animals: Birds: Bird:

It's actually fairly common among birds. Many chicks intentionally abandon the nests in which they hatched to seek out temporary or full adoption by foster parents.

That infant birds seek out new digs actually makes sense, since they could benefit from a longer period of parental care.

Thinkstock) Given such high risks for adoption, why hasn't evolution endowed these birds with a better ability to identify oe and reject oe intruders?

which helps cater to specific species of birds. The task of conserving water can also be addressed on a smaller scale, beginning with improvements to architecture and homes.

How do birds actually navigate? The price of hypocrisy Evgeny Morozov Frankfurter Allgemeine 24 july 2013 Lessons from the Snowden affair."

 How do birds navigate? Tom Standage The Economist 17 july 2013 I hereby propose a new law of science journalism,

The global positioning system with which birds are born appears to rely on particles of iron in the ear, nerves in the beak, a chemical reaction in the eyes,

birds see magnetic fields as patterns of spots. For more articles worth reading, visit The Browser.

attracting birds and wildlife to sky-gardens, tens of floors up. In Singapore, for example, the Marina Bay Sands hotel features a skypark on the 56th floor, with trees,

and birds, reduces the risk of being attacked. Lions and cheetahs stalk before they ambush prey,

a bird that many think of as having more to do with barbecue sauce than with arithmetic. If a chicken sits in front of two small opaque screens,

If this sounds complicated for the three-day-old bird, think again. Infant chickens correctly approached the screen hiding more balls nearly 80%of the time.

and squirrel monkeys, lemurs, dolphins, elephants, birds, salamanders and fish. Recently, researchers from Oakland University in Michigan added black bears to the list of the numerically skilled.

in the form of vast quantities of guano oe bird droppings oe which indigenous people had been using for centuries as a soil enricher.

and start discussing some bird in the tree, I would still be looking for the bird

when they were finished, Â he says.""For everybody else, the bird jumped out. But to me, it was just part of the background.

 All that changed when the lights went down and the previews finished. Almost as soon as he began to watch the film,

Environmentally, the new reservoir can be a haven for wildlife, especially birds; however, inappropriate flooding of vegetation can cause greenhouse gas emissions and poison the water for fish.

and researchers are beginning to alter the genetic make-up of a more familiar bird oe the chicken oe to practice their techniques."

of singing birds Every season, song birds lose some of their brain cells. The cells that allow the birds to learn songs commit suicide only to be replaced by newly grown cells.

This is interesting because brain cells arent supposed to be regenerative, and these so-called precursory cells are native to the bird brain.

The entire process exists only so the birds can learn new songs. http://www. news. harvard. edu/gazette/1998/04. 16/Experimentsrais. html 4. Using immature cells from the brains of mammals to replace dead

or dying human adult cells This is related to the oesong bird secret, except applied to the human brain.

We dont need to regenerate brain cells to learn new songs, but we do need a cure for Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons disease.

Recent experiments show that dead brain cells in mice (which are mammalian like us) can be regenerated with immature brain cells.

#Angry Birds Unlikely Pop-Culture Craze Goes From Cellphone Screen to Mainstream Fans celebrate Angry Birds Day It may sound like a tough sell:

a game that involves catapulting birds at elaborate fortresses constructed by evil pigs. But Angry Birds, a hit game by Rovio, a small Finnish company, is one of the unlikeliest pop-culture crazes of the year

and perhaps the first to make the leap from cellphone screens to the mainstream. Angry Birds, in which the birds seek revenge on the egg-stealing pigs,

is meant to be played easily in the checkout line and during other short windows of downtime but some players have trouble stopping.

Put another way, that is 16 human-years of bird-throwing every hour. The game has inspired parodies, homages and fervent testimonials.

Homemade Angry Birds costumes were big hits on Halloween. Conan OBRIEN demonstrated the game in a Youtube video promoting his new show,

and a sketch from an Israeli TV SHOW about a birds-and-pigs peace treaty was popular online.

Justin Bieber and other celebrities have professed their love of Angry Birds on social networks. Games like Angry Birds are reaching a wide audience of players who might never consider buying an Xbox or Playstation,

but are now carrying sophisticated game machines in their pockets smartphones. Software developers eager to become the next Rovio,

The trajectory of Angry Birds also suggests a larger shift in entertainment and in the kinds of brands that can win wide popularity.

And unlike many of the best-known console video games like the classic Super Mario Bros. from Nintendo or the latest in the Call of Duty series, from Activision cellphone games like Angry Birds

got swept up in the Angry Birds craze when her 8-year-old son, Roenick, asked for a birthday cake based on the game.

but he kept most of the bird figures. A photo of the cake ricocheted around the Web. oerequests from people who want one have been pouring in on Twitter and via e-mail

and his boyfriend were such big fans of the game that they decided to create full-body bird costumes for Halloween. oeit was crazy,

Fans of the game took to the streets on Saturday for Angry Birds Day, celebrating its first anniversary.

Rovio says it will create Angry Birds levels for the top 10 cities that celebrate Angry Birds Day.

none have come close to the success of Angry Birds, which cost about $100, 000 to make

when a Rovio designer sketched a rough outline of a bright red bird with a furious expression. oewe didnt know what the game concept would be loved,

but we the birds, he said. oethe entire game and storyline was built around the birds.

Mr. Vesterbacka said the company took notice of the intricate storylines in Pixar films and the popularity of Mario and Luigi

from Super Mario Bros. The stars of Angry Birds do not express themselves much apart from squawks and grunts,

and is working on versions of Angry Birds for gaming consoles and PCS, along with a line of stuffed birds and pigs.

It also hopes to spin the franchise into a movie or childrens TV SHOW. Rovio made a smart choice in making the birds angry

said Jesse Schell, a professor at Carnegie mellon who studies game design and entertainment technology. oeyou can smash them into things and its O k.,

if they were cute little birds. It might be kind of funny on some level, but most people would probably be repulsed a little.

#How the Most Symbolic American Bird Got the Name Turkey Turkey For a species of bird found only in the forests of North america and so symbolic of a U s. holiday,

Well, it turns out that the origins of how this jowly bird arrived at its strikingly Turkish title reflect the history of its international popularity.

has yet to be corrected making turkeys one of the most curiously named birds on the planet.

To pin down an answer to why one of North americas most celebrated birds came to be named after a distant nation all one has to do is look at the history of global commerce.

In turn, one popular type of bird shipped from Africa, called a Guinea fowl, became known as oeturkey cock throughout England.

And, when British settlers arrived in the New world and encountered a large woodland bird that looked a bit like the Guinea fowl fowl theyd grown fond of eating back in England perhaps out of confusion that the two were the same species,

or maybe in longing for something familiar so far from home they ended up referring to this bird as a oeturkey cock too.

Later it was shortened to simply turkey. Another factor that helped perpetuate this unusual choice of names occurred

when these new North american birds became a popular commodity throughout the world sure enough, mostly by way of Turkish merchants.

But it turns out that English speakers werent the only ones to name these birds based on a bit of misinformation.

Sixteenth century importers in Portugal were apparently under the impression that that was where the birds originated from.

The Turks, better than anyone, knew the birds werent from their homeland, but may have thought originally they came from India thanks to a little miscalculation by Columbus. In the end,

for the birds themselves it matters little by what moniker we refer to them though I suspect they would prefer to be called anything but dinner.

¢Birds Nest The Chinese make soup out of this, and one bowl costs anywhere from$30 to $100!

can play the songs of more than 900 bird species. Using microphones, it can also capture the chirps

and warbles of wild birds and match them against a database of bird sounds to help the oereader identify the species

cats and birds cant all be friends somehow? From a sheep that brought a baby elephant out of a deep depression to natural enemies that snuggle down together for every nap,

Cats and birds are known not for their peaceful relations (just ask Tweety and Sylvester), but Snowy and Gladys are the exception to the rule.

when she became the only hen to survive a fox attack on her farm in Suffolk, England,

When they first hatch out, the tiny caterpillars look like little brown bird droppings. They spend most of the day folded up inside leaves as they develop.

not-too-bright, testosterone-filled birds into cities and suburbs, which often provide a wonderful habitat for turkeys on the prowl.

and the bird was returned to the woods unharmed. Turkey-human confrontations are sometimes comical. New jersey Turnpike drivers were befuddled by wild turkeys hanging out at tollbooths.

The birds couldnt hack it. The invention of a netting gun that captured wild turkeys alive changed everything.

The birds thrived in reforested areas. Today, 7 million wild turkeys live in 49 states. Alaska is the only turkey-free state.

because there are so many birds. Feeding wild turkeys is the biggest cause of turkey trouble, he says.

One resident fed buckets of corns to the birds. oewe had complaints about property damage,

The birds have spurs on their feet, wings sharpened like razors from dragging on the ground and a willingness to fight.

But the typical turkey is 20 to 25 pounds. oeyoure more likely to be injured running away from the bird,

Mostly, male birds interact with humans. Mating season lasts from February through May, depending on an areas climate.

Mr Kerin says this situation has made post graduates in agriculture oescarcer than hens teeth. He blames the image of agriculture

and youll see birds, bugs, plants, and animals that youd never come across on the ground.

like mammals and birds, said Donoghue. Why the mismatch between different approaches to dating the tree of life?

The research was carried out by the Institute on behalf of Birds Eye the frozen food manufacturer. Nutritionist Dr Sarah Schenker said:

and possibly the world, said Dr. Peter English of The University of Texas at Austin. oeamphibians, birds,

The study is published in the open-access scientific journal PLOS ONE. oewe have documented so far 596 bird species occurring in Yasuni,

a bird specialist. oethats incredible diversity to find in just one corner of the Amazon rainforest and rivals any other spot on the planet.

550 bird species and around 200 mammal species, said Dr. Kelly Swing of the University of San francisco in Quito,

or erotic, think of the many African birds that will have nowhere to perch if the rhino is gone.

Mr. Kobayashi built an oval birds nest of a house, 12 feet high and 9 feet in diameter, reached by a circular staircase,

#Birds in cities sing at higher pitch: study Because sounds bounce and travel in different ways,

birds have to use songs that can cope with this#.#Birds living in urban areas sing at a higher pitch to reduce the impact of echoes from surrounding buildings, a study claims.

Higher-pitched songs travel further in built-up areas because their echoes fade more quickly, meaning the following notes are clearer and easier to pick out.

and other common birds raised their pitch in urban areas to distinguish their song from the low-pitch drone of traffic and machinery,

birds have to use songs that can cope with this#.#The study, published in the PLOS One journal, also found that urban birds songs were heard more clearly in woodland than those of forest-dwelling birds,

possibly because rural birds use clues like how muffled songs are to determine their distance from one another.

Dr Rupert Marshall, another of the researchers, added: In woodland where trees and leaves obscure the view,

so city birds may just concentrate on being heard.##Via Telegraph Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati T

#Apple Picks Instagram as the iphone App Of The Year#Instagram is the year end winner.

This year, the biggest winner on the apps front was Angry Birds, which ran away with the number one spot on the iphone and ipad-in all categories except top free iphone app,

#Angry Birds, which is available on ios as both a paid and free application, not only dominated the year-end lists as the number one download in several cases,

it also occupied additional slots on multiple lists for its spinoffs, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio.

1. Angry Birds 2. Fruit Ninja 3. Angry Birds Seasons 4. Cut the Rope 5. Tiny Wings 6. Angry Birds Rio

1. Facebook 2. Pandora Radio 3. Words with Friends Free 4. Angry Birds Free 5. Skype 6. Netflix 7. Angry Birds Rio

1. Angry Birds HD 2. Pages 3. Angry Birds Seasons 4. Garageband 5. Angry Birds Rio HD 6. Penultimate 7

Keynote Top Free ipad Apps 1. Angry Birds HD Free 2. The Weather Channel for ipad 3. Netflix 4. CNN App for ipad 5

. Angry Birds Rio HD Free 6. Kindle 7. Skype for ipad 8. Calculator for ipad Free 9. Pandora Radio 10.

#Turkey researchers working hard to build a better bird Eastern wild turkeys have that classic turkey look,

Meleagris gallopavo, the quintessential New world bird, was already an Old world favorite by the time colonists in North america first celebrated any Thanksgiving feasts.

Today s turkey researchers are investigating the big bird s genetic heritage and biology as part of an effort to improve several aspects of its cultivation.

and trying to figure out, are there traits in the original wild bird that might be useful for today s bird?#

The birds were established well as a food source by the time the Conquistadors arrived. The Spanish took the birds back to Europe,

and they quickly spread across the continent. Very quickly the domesticated turkey became, as far as I could tell,

they found large populations of wild birds that provided a reliable food source. Colonists eventually began raising turkeys,

but did not domesticate the wild birds. The commercial birds that we eat today were developed actually in the United states,

#said Long. But they were developed on stocks that came from Europe that originally came from Mexico.#

then you can have these birds again more resistant to the toxin, #said Dalloul. No natural matingeven the intended consequences of commercial turkey breeds have introduced complications.

Breeders developed birds with more white meat. The resulting turkeys, such as the broad breasted white, grow muscle quickly,

when the birds need to reproduce,##said Long. In the commercial turkey industry there are no birds that naturally mate.#

#The great majority of turkey farmers must therefore depend upon artificial insemination, said Long. She suggested that there may be rare exceptions among small farms raising older breeds of turkeys, called heritage breeds,

and female hens inseminated weekly. The amazing thing about the turkey hen is she s capable of keeping viable sperm cells for up to ten weeks after a single insemination,

#said Long. The best we can do and still maintain high levels of fertility is about six hours.#

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That s the same sort of trick cuckoos pull in the bird world. Gibbs named one of the cuckoo-bee species Lasioglossum izawsum,

and can solve whatever new problems this fledgling new industry blows their way. 18. Data Hostage Specialists Holding people as hostages is very messy.

or bird damage that leaves most apples somewhat marginalized. They may be perfectly good on the inside,

a number of related technologies have emerged giving the fledgling new industry a number of new options.

maker of Angry Birds, is expected to clear $100 million in revenue this year (the company was nearly bankrupt

Worse still, radiation spread well outside the mandatory evacuation zone, nestling in hot spots#and contaminating the ground in what remains a largely agricultural region.

Rooms include the Birds Nest, the UFO and the Mirrorcube, just part of the 25 different architectural flights of fancy planned for the hotel.

the birds do not survive the plucking. At Whiting Farms, Inc.,in western Colorado, one of the worlds largest producers of fly tying feathers, the roosters live about a year

while their saddle feathers#the ones on the birds backside and the most popular for hair extensions#grow as long as possible.

500 birds a week for their feathers and still cant keep up with its current orders,

Indeed there is empirical evidence of this being true with birds where the number of dead birds found stuck in the grills of cars has dropped dramatically over the past few decades.

But the same is not true for deer. So the question becomes#are deer incapable of learning,

Swallows are the pesky birds that create the dirty mud nests on the sides of buildings. With a little training, would it be possible to teach the swallows to work with cement instead of mud,

its best to avoid the one with the Soccer Cocks. They tend to play dirty

#Time Running Out For Many Bird Species in Turkey The White-Headed Duck is threatened among many fowl.

plenty of real threats face many of the hundreds of bird species in Turkey#According to a biology professor at Hacettepe University in the capital city of Ankara,

more than half of the 437 bird species that are regularly found in Turkey are at serious risk.

the head of the universitys Environmental Education and Bird Research center, told the state-run Anatolia news agency recently.

Bird Populations In Turkey Have decreased By Half The other 65 species out of the 502 identified in Turkey are seen only at certain times.

adding that total bird populations in the country have decreased by half over the past two decades.

adding that bird populations around the lake are threatened also by flights from the nearby airport in Isparta.

or forced the destruction of hundreds of millions of birds, according to the world animal health organization OIE.

While large poultry producers could benefit from this early type of transgenic bird, smaller backyard#farmers would need to wait until scientists create birds that can be bred on small farms.

That would be a means of ensuring that the birds these small farmers bred themselves still carried the protective transgene,

#Tiley said. To breed their GM chickens, the researchers introduced a new gene into them that manufactures a small decoy#molecule that mimics an important control element of the bird flu virus. The replication machinery of the virus is tricked into recognizing the decoy molecule instead of the viral genes

Like the normal chickens, the transgenic birds became sick with the virus, but they did not transmit the infection on to other chickens kept in the same pen with them

#even if those chickens were normal, non-transgenic birds. The study was published in Science. The researchers said they now plan to work on trying to make chickens that are fully resistant to bird flu rather than just blocking bird-to-bird transmission.

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#Genetically modified crops That Glow Green When Stressed Genetically altered Arabdopsis Thaliana plant, with green fluorescent protein (GFP) inserted near the on/off switches for anoxia and drought genes.

The iphone and ipad have about 700,000 apps, from Instagram to Angry Birds. Yet with the American economy yielding few good opportunities in recent years, there is debate about how real,

And unlike Angry Birds on your phone, Strap Game (that s the official name) will alert you

Angry Birds alone has had over 600 million downloads. Draw Something#was launched 6 weeks ago and already has over 20 million downloads

and technological development in general#hen clearly a less high-tech approach would be just as or even more effective#s just delusional.

nano-netting will provide a fibrous support structure that is visually non-intrusive but capable of keeping out insects, birds,

or bird damage that leaves most apples somewhat marginalized. They may be perfectly good on the inside,

Wrote Isabella Bird, a British travel writer, in an 1879 book:##oeboulder is a hideous collection of framed houses on the burning plain.#

avoid big rocks#hen sent out to test them by trial and error. This is slow, painstaking work, but it s easier to predict

and messages down our readers throats like adult birds feeding their babies pre-masticated maggots;

when a collision seems imminent#hen the car ahead breaks hard, for example, or another vehicle swerves erratically into traffic.

#oeswarmbots#is a term to describe a grouping of robots that work together like a school of fish or a flock of birds.

Phase 2#Protection Drones Some companies are already working on Phase 2 drones capable of proactively protecting the crops from bugs, birds, disease,

Prevent birds from destroying high value crops Identify insects, worms, and other unwanted plant devastation Precision pesticide, herbicide,

#Douglas Adams. It s how I feed humming birds, with a mouth full of Red Bull,

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Draw Something Monopoly Angry Birds Star wars Motionx GPS Drive Skee-Ball Scrabble UNO Minecraft Pocket Edition Color Splash The Sims 3

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when a flock of birds flew over than when I applied the sound. Now, there are going to be some animals that you either get your rifle

and birds you see along the way.#(#Hillsboro Public library, Hillsboro, Oregon) From the Ashland Branch Library of the Jackson County Library Services:

6. Swarmbots Groups of flying drones that move like flocks of birds, schools of fish,

nano-netting will provide a fibrous support structure that is visually non-intrusive but capable of keeping out insects, birds,

This time spent crashing a fucking bird into a pipe quickly accumulates where a significant amount of seemingly insignificant yet beautiful moments pass you by

when they show up at the door with half-dead mice and birds as presents. Yet grains how much and what kind have become a controversial issue in recent years in both human and pet diets.

and Easter combined. 6) That's a big bird The average turkey purchased for Thanksgiving weighs 16 lbs.

It's hard to imagine the turkeyâ as the official bird of the United states but if Ben Franklin had had his way it could have been.

The turkey is a much more respectable bird and withal a true original native of America.

6 Crazy Facts About Cicadas Bird species raccoons possums foxes and whatever can get their mouths on these things can eat their fill

As governor of New york Roosevelt even outlawed the use of feathers in clothing like hats to prevent the slaughter of exotic birds.

and birds are particular fans). The bugs are raised in sanitary conditions and eat an organic diet.

But during the five-month-long breeding season the birds'social organization completely changes said Jessica Yorzinski an evolutionary biologist at Purdue University in Lafayette Ind.

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