Zoo- words

Interesting link listing some zoo- related words.

Gorilla News

http://gorilla.cd/blog/

Daily updates on the situation in the Congo and how its affecting the gorillas, the park, and the rangers. Check it out!

Book List

For some science/zoology/natural history reading:

Zoological Reading

• A Primate’s Memoir — by Robert M. Sapolsky
• Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind — by David Quammen
• The Song of the Dodo — by David Quammen
• Gorillas in the Mist — by Dian Fossey
• In the Shadow of Man — by Jane Goodall
• Inside the Animal Mind: A Groundbreaking Exploration of Animal Intelligence — by George Page
• When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals — by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy
• Nim: a Chimpanzee Who Learned Sign Language — by Herbert S. Terrace
• The Evolution of Culture in Animals — by John T. Bonner
• Animal Liberation — by Peter Singer
• The Diversity of Life — by Edward O. Wilson
• Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild — by Susan McCarthy
• Naturalis Historia (A Natural History) — by Pliny the Elder

Evolution/Genetics

• The Origin of Species — by Charles Darwin
• The Descent of Man — by Charles Darwin
• The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals — by Charles Darwin
• Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters — by Matt Ridley
• The Beak of the Finch — by Jonathan Weiner
• The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal — by Jared Diamond
• The Selfish Gene — by Richard Dawkins
• Evolution’s Workshop: God and Science on the Galápagos Islands — by Edward J. Larson

(More related books @ Amazon.com)

Related Links/Resources

• PETA
• ASPCA
• IUCN
• EDGE
• ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)
• Red List
• Bio Gems
• Sierra Club
• NRDC
• Defenders of Wildlife
• The Darwin Page
• About Darwin.com
• Jane Goodall Institute
• Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
• Gorilla Foundation
• Stop Global Warming
• Smithsonian Institute
• National Zoo
• Conservation Central
• World Wildlife Fund
• Leonardo Dicaprio.org (his conservation site)
• The Rainforest Site
• Animal Rescue Site
• Future Forests
• Discovery.com
• National Geographic
• Taxonomic Information System
• Amphibians & Reptiles of NC
• Animal Diversity Web
• Collective Terms for Animals
• Wikispecies

Article Archive

Interesting articles I find on the web:
(for more search under ‘articles‘ tag)

» Global Warming May Swamp Hawaiian Wildlife, National Geographic (June 5, 2006)
» Grizzly-Polar Bear Hybrid, National Geographic (May 16, 2006)
» Global Warming Could Cause Mass Extinctions, National Geographic (April 12, 2006)
» Giant Turkey-Like Dinosaur Found, National Geographic (April 7, 2006)
» Penguins Breeding Later Due to Warming, National Geographic (April 4, 2006)
» Baby Walruses Stranded by Melting Artic Ice, National Geographic (March 27, 2006)
» Seal Hunt in Canada Opens on Thin Ice, National Geographic (March 24, 2006)
» Lost World of New Species Found, National Geographic (February 2006)
» Giant Asian Ape and Humans Coexisted, National Geographic (December 8, 2005)
» New Species of Mammal in Borneo, World Wildlife Fun (December 6, 2005)
» Elephants React to their Dead, National Geographic (October 31, 2005)
» Tool-Use Found in Gorillas, National Geographic (September 30, 2005)
» Monkey Recognition in Mirrors, National Geographic (July 19, 2005)
» Baby Whales & Moms Stay Awake, National Geographic (June 29, 2005)
» Tool-Use in Dolphins, National Geographic (June 7, 2005)
» New Species of Monkey Discovered, National Geographic (May 19, 2005)
» Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Rediscovered, National Geographic (April 28, 2005)
» Toad Tunnels Built To Help Amphibians Cross Roads, National Geographic (April 15, 2005)
» Elephants Can Mimic Noises, National Geographic (March 23, 2005)
» Wild Horse Slaughter Legalization, National Geographic (March 10, 2005)
» Plant/Insect Wars, National Geographic (March 7, 2005)
» Hobbit Brains were Small, but Smart, National Geographic (March 3, 2005)
» Animal-Human hybrids, National Geographic (Jan. 25, 2005)
» Asian Tsunamis and Animals, National Geographic (Jan. 4, 2005)

Nature/Animal Quotes

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” — Aristotle

“Nature does nothing uselessly.” — Aristotle

“All men by nature desire knowledge.” — Aristotle

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” — Zeno

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” — E. B. White

“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

“I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.”
– Charles Lindbergh

“I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.” — Joseph Addison

“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
– George Eliot

“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.” — Chief Seattle of the Suwamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce

“To insult someone we call him “bestial.” For deliberate cruelty and nature, “human” might be the greater insult.” — Isaac Asimov

“Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.” — Malayan proverb

“The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.” — Jane Goodall

“The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.” — Mark Twain

“Protect these harmless gentle cousins…” — Sir Arthur C. Clarke, on Gorillas

“Mountain gorillas are almost the closest relatives we have, and they will die if we don’t help them.” — Douglas Adams

“Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.” — Charles Darwin

“The main conclusion arrived at in this work, namely, that man is descended from some lowly organized form, will, I regret to think, be highly distasteful to many”. — Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man

“We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities… still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.” -– Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871)

“Though human ingenuity in various inventions uses different instruments for the same end, it will never discover an invention more beautiful, easier, or more economical than nature’s, because in her inventions nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“First I shall do some experiments before I proceed farther, because my intention is to cite experience first and then with reasoning show why such experience is bound to operate in such a way.  And this is the true rule by which those who speculate about the effects of nature must proceed.” — Leonardo da Vinci

New Reef Species

Exciting! 50 New Marine Species Discovered in Indonesia including a shark that “walks” on reefs.

Emotional Lives of Elephants

I thought this was very interesting. And I have read of previous instances about the emotional lives of elephants. Dying Elephant Elicits Compassion.

Elephants are just too smart and emotional to be used for entertainment purposes (well really all animals are). That’s why you see footage and stuff about elephants going crazy and attacking at circuses etc. And then they have to shoot the elephant when its not his fault to begin with.

Puffer fish vs. Otter

Here is a really interesting video, Puffer Fish vs. Otter!