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Posted on January 23, 2013 by Ben Midas

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Comment on Remembering Alika by A. Nelson March 3, 2014
Her stealth and beauty were incredible. Loshy, powerful and graceful as he was, seemed almost clumsy by comparison. That time they decided to excavate the ice from the pond was hilarious! The time(s) they tangled with skunks - not so much. Continue reading →
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Comment on Remembering Alika by Pete Brosius March 2, 2014
Thanks for sharing this. Great to see pics of Alika and Losh Muffin. Alika was certainly a “dog” apart. There are two things that I especially remember about her. First, the incredibly sly way she would disappear. She would slowly make her way to the edge of the field, and it was clear what she […]
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Comment on Remembering Alika by Alan Nelson March 2, 2014
I remember a few amazing feats of Alika. We were on a walk and Loshi and Alika were both sprinting towards a pond, and there was a barbed wire fence in the way, and without breaking stride Loshi (German Shepard) ducked under the fence and Alika (wolf h... Continue reading →
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Comment on Domestication and Home by Christina February 18, 2014
To aid to your confusion of why domestication means home. You must consider that plants were also domesticated. By domesticating both plants and animals, peoples were able to acquire more permanent settlements (or homes). I believe Jared Diamond's article "Evolution, consequences and future of plant and animal domestication," would help to better answer your question. […]
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Comment on Deep Historical Perspectives: Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers by Story of the farmer and his son on a hilltop | Back to the Blue Ridge October 21, 2013
[…] It’s a metaphor for an important life lesson as well as a representation of what life was like in the early 1900s. It’s a new favorite story. I love history and it’s meaning, read this post about our deep historical relationship to domestic animals from Spring 2013. […] Continue reading →
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Comment on Hokie students call on Virginia Tech officials to divest from Fossil Fuels by Roy Wright August 22, 2013
From a 72-year-old prof in the great white north, a message of solidarity: Your issues ARE all related, as we humans all are. You VT students from all over the Commonwealth of Lovers [where i hav a daughter & her 2 sons], from every State in the Evil Empire [from which, like ES, i have […]
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Comment on Rats! by Mrs. Frisby and Mr. Templeton July 19, 2013
Plenty of species kill their own kind, and I've read that ants and chimps, among others, will make the equivalent of war on each other. And to say rats have never done any good to anyone or for anything is to ignore the thousands, probably millions, of rats and mice that are killed for science […]
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Comment on Final Food and Course Awards by erica May 9, 2013
That prize makes Jurassic Park look like child's play! DEEP History and Domestication was incredible (I, at least, got more out of it then a wine class for honors credit). ALIHC > http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/At+Least+I+Have+Chicken Continue reading →
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Comment on Rats and Mice: Scientific Heroes by A. Nelson April 23, 2013
This is such a rich thread! I wonder if there isn't a way to think about how the future might be different from the past? While many (most?) people agree about how much animal-testing has benefited humans, my hope is that, going forward, animal testing will become increasingly rare and eventually (sooner rather than later) […]
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Comment on Rats and Mice: Scientific Heroes by Bill Libby April 23, 2013
Rats have definitely contributed more than their fair share to scientific progress, but it's a price that I think most of us will agree has yielded good results. But is it moral? Then again that's why it's a controversy, right? If one side was simply wrong it wouldn't be a very good discussion topic. Our […]
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