The naming of the shrew
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The names given to animals can reflect both the animal and the people doing the naming. Shrews may have been named for the way they cut up their prey, as the word's origin can be traced to an Indo-European word meaning to cut something up, or the tool used to do so. Humans feel they must name everything. Some of the most colorful names can be found in the bird world and include fan-tailed berrypecker, willie wagtail and tinkling cisticola.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1993
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My, what big ears you have
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Sensory organs for hearing vary considerably among species, including sensitive membranes for insects, a combination of lateral lines and inner ears for fish, and external ear flaps for mammals. Animals with good hearing usually excel in communicating. Humans have a complex middle ear structure and can respond to a wide variety of sounds, but the most accurate hearing belongs to bats, dolphins, and other species which use echolocation.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1996
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Cry coyote
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Coyote sitings in a Michigan farming area divide the locals over issues concerning protection and extermination of the wild animals. Though coyotes are the natural predators of the rodent pests which plague Michigan's cherry farms, many farmers kill them. Humans should recognize basic ecological principles concerning animals in nature and work to protect a rapidly diminishing, yet important part of nature's life cycle.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1997
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