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1. Green, Blue, Grey Water Footprints and Animal Agriculture

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... Fruitarians.net (Lena), based on THE GREEN, BLUE AND GREY WATER FOOTPRINT OF FARM ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS, VOLUME 1: MAIN REPORT, M.M. MEKONNEN, A.Y. HOEKSTRA, DECEMBER 2010, VALUE OF WATER RESEARCH ...

2. Humans Share Genes with Plants and Animals

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Humans share ~ 24% of genes with grapes, ~ 85% - with cows. All animals, plants, and fungi share an ancestor that lived about 1.6 billion years ago. Every lineage that descended from that progenitor ...

3. Calcium Requirement and Animal Protein

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... was lost in the urine for every 1g rise in dietary protein. A small but more focussed study showed a rise of 40 mg in urinary calcium when dietary animal protein was raised from 40 to 80 g. Urinary calcium ...

4. Environmental Impact of Animal Food in Diet

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...  The presence of animal food in the diet was the main determinant of environmental impact. The major impact always stemmed from land and water use. The second largest impact came from energy use. Emission ...

5. 70 Percent Antibiotics in US are for Farm Animals

(Data)

~ 70% Of all antibiotics sold in the US are used for farm animals. Sales of antibiotics for agriculture climbed 16% in 3 years between 2009 and 2012.

6. Marine Animals Populations Half in 40 Years since 1970

(Data)

A study of marine mammals, birds, reptiles and fish shows a decline of 49% in the size of marine populations between 1970 and 2012.

7. Charles Darwin - Animals

(Quotes)

There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties . . . The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.

8. Carl Sagan - Animals

(Quotes)

A sharp distinction between humans and “animals” is essential if we are to bend them to our will, make them work for us, wear them, eat them–without any disquieting tinges of guilt or regret. It is unseemly ...

9. Anatole France - Animal

(Quotes)

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.  ...

10. Animal Languages

(Childhood)

When I was 9-10 I was "documenting" animal languages, by observing their communication and transcribing the sounds they used. Then I tried to classify the expressions I captured, and to guess their meaning. ...