There are several pundits predicting this is the year that evidences the rise in consumption of plant-based proteins and the end of meat from animals. These same prognosticators may have made the same forecasts last year, and the year before. Maybe but the dynamic is unlikely to be true for developing countries. Overall global consumption is volatile. Since 2013, world poultry consumption has increased by 18.5 percent. Beef consumption has only increased 3.1 percent and pork is down 0.07 percent, but those numbers are skewed by swine fever in China, the largest consumer of pork, and the high cost of beef that is not even consumed in the most populated part of the world, India. The expansion in U.S. beef consumption since 2013 is slig...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.