reblogged in honor of the Colorado prairie dogs whose habitat and lives are being replaced by yet another mall…
Here is a short multiple-choice quiz to test your knowledge of our fellow animals.
Instructions: Choose the species that best fit the descriptions below.
Note: Although some may share a few of the characteristics, they must meet all the criteria listed in order to qualify as a correct answer.
1. Which two species fit the following description?
- Highly social
- Live in established communities
- Master planners and builders of complex, interconnected dwellings
- Have a language
- Can readily learn and invent words
- Greet one another by kissing
A. Humans
B. Prairie Dogs
C. Dolphins
D. Penguins
Answer: A. and B
2. Which two species fit the following description?
- Practice communal care of the youngsters on their block
- Beneficial to others who share their turf
- Essential to the health of their environment
- Without them an ecosystem unravels
- Have been reduced to a tiny portion of their original population
- Vegetarian
A. Humans
B…
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Exposing the Big Game 
“A tad bit misanthropic’
Is that such a bad thing? Humans have treated their own kind either, if that is possible – genocide of Jewish people, Irish, Native Americans, Ukranians, Cambodians, Crusades, ISIS, and many others. And it’s still going on! We are a threat to all life on the planet.
oops that should read: ‘Humans have not treated their own kind very well either’.