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• Ohio Officer Investigated After Beating Goose To Death

  Wed May 27, 2009
  • The very word "euthanasia" is latin for "good death" (so to say "humane euthanasia" is a bit redundant, but anyway...), and what the officer did was anything but.

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • Birds are indeed amazing. I had the opportunity to keep some macaws (parrot rescue for 15 years), among other birds, and I'll never forget how they got so grossed out by their own poop that they'd say "ewww, gross, or so gross" when the cage needed to be cleaned. They'd never say it any other time.

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • "We are all going to get old, sick and die, regardless of species.

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • "But when you get right down to it, I think that we have to consider what is the source of our concepts of intelligence. We have our own prejudices as to what is valuable and that colors our assessment."

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • "It amuses me that people assign intelligence where genetically manipulated instinct and training are obviously at play-the domestic dog." Yep, just throw in a heap of anthropomorphism and you've got one of the most intelligent species.

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • They (animals) are not "things"...

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • I'm still amazed at how the words "man's best friend", loyalty, unconditional love, etc., all appear to be either synonyms for the word "dog", or define them.

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • "Animals have communities they work together to survive, people don't that is why animals have been on this planet longer than people."

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • Neurophys. and bio engineering here, where do you go? I'm at UM.

• The 10 smartest animals

  Fri May 16, 2008
  • Sorry Danielf, but dogs do not have the ability to "think". I'm surprised dogs even made the list (trainability does not equal intelligence). Wolves sure, but dogs? Their ranking is probably due more to favor (an obsession with them).