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KFC-Main Ingredient: Cruelty

Spoon_Gouge says...

As someone who raised chickens when I was a lad, I find most of Pam's arguments don't exactly go along with what we see. The living by thousands, eh that's a decent argument and something that's fundamentally difficult to get away with as you can clearly see it. Now we never raised more than say ~ 30 chickens at a time. I doubt that the lameness is due to weighing too much but rather due to being trampled by the other 9,999 chickens in your roost. We probably had one or two chickens in a batch that may receive some type of injury due to trampling by the others. Incidentally, the birds are debeaked to keep them from attacking one another. I cant speak to the degree that the birds are debeaked in the video but if left to their own devices, you would have a far greater number of birds injured from the rest of the flock if they were not debeaked. Like in most large group of animals, the smaller, weaker animals are often brutalized by the rest of the brood. Debeaking for us was similar to clipping your nails, I've never seen blood on the beaks of birds we've done.
As far as the treatment of the birds by the slaughterhouse and when gathering them, I can sympathize. I feel more, however, for the end user of the meat than I do for the birds. When we slaughtered chickens, we never stunned them before cutting their throats, BTW. I also doubt that the chickens see boiling water before they're dead. Part of cutting their throat is to remove the blood which will only turn to a nasty goo once boiled and who wants that in their chicken?
The real problem here is that demand for the chicken (KFC or otherwise) is driving the sheer numbers of chickens raised and slaughtered. The cost of making the changes that PITA is asking for is very high compared to the profits these guys might be making and the timeliness with which they can deliver their product. A lot of the same arguments could be made for beef, pork or any other meat.
If everyone could make a living doing bad TV shows, Pam, we would (er, or might).

Ants - Nature's Secret Power -- An ant documentary (French).

messenger says...

This doc was so fascinating, I had to translate the interesting bits (which is about 90% of it):

Ants transnmit secret mesasges, and follow invisible paths. Their code is just now beginning to be cracked. Ants are not ordinary creatures. They can support 100 X their mass. Each ant individually has some extrordinary ability, so when they unite, they become a true superpower.

<Title: The Secret Organization of Ants>

We are in central Europe. These wood ants are in search of food. Their actions look random, each ant doing something different, but in reality, they are all working together, each doing its own specific job. In a single year, One colony can consume more than 10,000,000 insects.

Despite being so small, ants are one of the most formidable predators on the planet. They eat more meat than lions, tigres and bears combined.

When attacked by a predator, or subjected to a scientific experiment, wood ants all react in the same way. To defend their nest, the workers shoot formic acid. The life of a single ant is worth little. The sole goal is the survival of the colony.

A shot of acid in the nose or eyes is enough to make the bear turn away. The hive is now exposed, and about to face an enemy far more powerful than the bear. The bees don’t stand a chance.

The adults, having expended so much effort, seek out a much more energy-giving staple, honeydew – a sugar- and vitamin-rich stubstance secreted by aphids. In exchange for the production of honeydew, the aphids receive the ants’ protection. In a single year, a colony of wood ants may consume 100kg of honeydew.

In Indonesia, this relationship has been taken even a step further. These Indonesian ants still protect and drink from the aphids, but here they carry the aphids themselves from plant to plant, and even direct the aphids to the best, sweetest parts of the flower. They act as shepherds, tending to their flocks. These Indonesian ants are the only creatures on Earth to own domestic animals, besides humans.

When they detect a coming storm, they remove their livestock to the shelter of large leaves. After the storm, work resumes. The largest aphids, the mothers, receive preferencial treatment. They travel on the heads of the ants. The smallest make the jouney in the mandibles of their guardians.

Other speceis have developped far less pacificstic relationships. These are the carnivorous plants from the island of borneo. Some of their leaves form urns with ultra-splippery rims. Each pouch containds deadly liquid. This liquid digests insects that fall into the trap. All the insects climb up, attracted by the smell of its nectar. This giant carpenter ant isn’t the only ant about. This miniscule campanotus can walk the very dangerous rim without falling in. Once the giant falls in, it has no means for escape, and the tiny campanotus is put to the task. Unique among ants, it can swim underwater. It can also survive the liquid that is slowly digesting the carpenter ant. They eat their host’s victims, and in exchange, ensure their host’s protection from herbivores.

The tiny ants’ secret is demonstrated by their ability to walk the rim of the plant and get out of the water. Back in the laboratory, these ants are put in a centrifuge, and subjected to a spinning force 100X that of gravity, the ants still cling to the smooth surface. This secret lies in the miscroscopic film of liquid at the end of their legs. This skill is essential for building the nests.

Ant descended from wasps, and first appeard more than 100,000,000 years ago. Some species have retained primitive characteristics. These Australian ants still have the sting of their ancestors. Different from other species, the workers are nearly as big as the queen, and they lay their own eggs, though, non-fertile ones, which serve to nourish the larvae. Only the queen gives life to the next generation. Among other species, the organization of these ants is heirarchical. When a queen dies, several workers become fertile, and seek to replace her by eliminating their rivals. What follows is a ritualistic attack, where the ants attempt to wear out their opponents by striking them with their antennae, and pinching them with their beaks.

These conflicts are an exception among ants. Ants generally strive for the good of the colony. There are thousands of species of ants, and their prosperity rests not in the strength or abilities of the individuals, but in the organization of their society.

There is an immense diversity in this insect group, but all species of ants share a common trait: they all function as societies. No species of ant known lives apart from the others. The evolutionary transition from solitary to social has only affected 3-5% of animals, including humans, but this minority enjoys domination in almost all land habitats.

One of the most impressive examples can be seen in the pampas of Argentina. The ants are so organized in their gathering of food, that they represent a serious menace to the herds of something <cattle>?. Something else about the roof of their somethings. And I’m going to bed now.

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short documentary about octopodes

frogger3d says...

I guess you're right, because octopus comes from the greek language..

from the cambridge dictionary:

octopus
noun [C] plural octopuses or octopi
a sea creature with a soft oval body and eight tentacles (= long arm-like parts)

from the oxford dictionary:

octopus

• noun (pl. octopuses) a mollusc with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft body, beak-like jaws, and no internal shell.

— DERIVATIVES octopoid adjective.

— USAGE The standard plural in English of octopus is octopuses. However, since the word comes from Greek, the Greek plural form octopodes is still occasionally used. The plural form octopi, formed according to rules for Latin plurals, is incorrect.

— ORIGIN Greek, from okto ‘eight’ + pous ‘foot’.

tv news reporter busts public library pervert

pigeon says...

Sifter Sift"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, sifts.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; --
so called because it sifts or strains its food from the
water and mud by means of the lamell? of the beak.

3. An obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects.

Clay vs. Chuvalo (1966) Canada vs. America

choggie says...

Dammit, ya figured out part of it-we's all a buncha' acting and reacting fleshbots-
I can't stand Ali's vibe, he's bout the coolest to watch, and never missed his fights whilst growing up-he's who he is, no foul is called on anything but his ego-

still, i must admit to the same smug, pedestal position, and it may come to fist to cuffs, to determine who sits near the beak sharpener....love and forgivness, peace and understanding, now, GFY
(good for you)

Octopus Escapes Through 1inch Hole

HistNerd says...

Technically, Octopi can get out of anything that has a hole larger than their beak. The beak is the only part of their body that they can't really manipulate. That's why when you own them as pets, you need to have a sealed tank. Overall, they are fascinating creatures!



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