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5 dilemmes végétariens auxquels on ne pense pas quand on arrête la viande. VEGETARISME - Pollution, maltraitance animale, scandales alimentaires, vaches qui pètent, avec le temps vous avez compris que manger de la viande n'est ni sans conséquence, ni anodin.

5 dilemmes végétariens auxquels on ne pense pas quand on arrête la viande

Résultat, vous avez décidé d'en manger moins, voire plus du tout. Vous êtes peut-être devenu(e) végétarien(ne), une décision audacieuse puisqu'elle va à l'encontre de notre culture alimentaire et honore bien des principes moraux. Mais savez-vous jusqu'où elle pourrait vous emmener? Ravens Have Social Abilities Previously Only Seen In Humans. Watch A Baby Elephant Fight Off 14 Lionesses. If you saw a lone baby elephant surrounded by a pride of 14 voracious lions, you’d probably think it’s game over for the little pachyderm.

Watch A Baby Elephant Fight Off 14 Lionesses

But this little guy is showing us that a bit of tenacity and a lot of courage can go a long way. The nail-biting battle for survival was filmed recently at South Luangwa National Park near the Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp, Zambia, by guests on a game drive. During the extraordinary standoff, the baby elephant employed various tactics to fend off the relentless lionesses, such as charging at them and wading through the water.

At one stage, the elephant, which is thought to be between 5-10 years old, had two lionesses on his back and another clawing at his hind legs. Watch A Hornet Be Cooked Alive By Bees. Watch A Praying Mantis Eat The Face Off A Fly. 10 Animal "Facts" Everyone Gets Wrong. The internet is a testament to how much we love animals.

10 Animal "Facts" Everyone Gets Wrong

When people aren’t busy looking up cute cat videos, they are sharing random facts about their favorite animal. There is just one problem, though – a lot of these “facts” are plain wrong. 1. A Duck’s quack doesn’t echo Image caption: Two mallard ducks by Fcb981 via Wikimedia Commons. Ok, so this one has been busted a million times already, but it is also one of the most common facts on the internet, so it is worth repeating. 2. Image caption: A European honey bee extracts nectar from an Aster flower using its proboscis by John Severns via Wikimedia Commons.

Bees sting you once, wasps can sting you over and over again. 3. Beagle Returns Lost Items To Passengers At Amsterdam Airport. Top 10 Cute Animals That Can Kill You. 10 Weirdest Species of Shark. We’ve already looked at some of the most astonishing extinct species of shark over here, now let’s look at some you can still find in our oceans.

10 Weirdest Species of Shark

There are over 470 species of shark swimming in Earth's oceans, but we tend to focus most of our attention on about five of them. Here's some of the coolest, lesser known sjarks we've heard of. 1. Simen Johan: des animaux comme vous n'en avez jamais vu. ANIMAUX - Le travail du photographe norvégien Simen Johan sort de l'ordinaire.

Simen Johan: des animaux comme vous n'en avez jamais vu

Dans sa série intitulée "Until the Kingdom Comes" ("Jusqu'à ce que le royaume vienne"), celui-ci replace des animaux privés de liberté, vivant dans des zoos ou œuvres de taxidermistes, dans les paysages naturels où ils devraient normalement évoluer. Des contrastes visuels rendus possibles grâce à la magie des outils numériques. "Ce qui m'intéresse en tant que photographe, c'est de montrer l'inouï, l'invisible, en jouant avec le symbolisme et les métaphores visuelles", explique Simen Johan au HuffPost Espagne.L'ambiance post-apocalyptique et les références bibliques peuvent conduire à une lecture environnementale ou politique de son travail, admet le photographe. Why Are We Afraid Of Spiders? I have personal interest in arachnophobia – the fear of spiders – because I am a spider expert, but also because my daughter has it.

Why Are We Afraid Of Spiders?

She is not alone. According to the American Psychiatric Association, phobias affect more than one in ten people in the US, and of those individuals, up to 40% of phobias are related to bugs (including spiders), mice, snake and bats. There are clearly a lot of arachnophobes. Triconodonta. Spectacular GoPro Footage Of Polar Bears Searching For Ice.

Body Invaders: Caterpillar Edition. National Geographic 2013 - Snake Killers: Honey Badgers Of The Kalahari. It’s Not a Disney Movie: This Refuge in Arkansas is Home to 60 Animal Friends Who Hang Out Together. Découverte d'une guêpe monstrueuse en Indonésie - notre-planete.info. Les insectes ressentent-ils la douleur ? Chez les humains, la douleur est une expérience subjective incluant une série de sensations dont les deux dimensions caractéristiques sont une émotion négative et une pulsion d'élimination du facteur causant.

Les insectes ressentent-ils la douleur ?

Sa qualité et son intensité peuvent être profondément modifiées par divers éléments : les expériences antérieures du sujet, ce sur quoi il concentre son attention, la façon dont il interprète ce qu'il éprouve, et des informations sensorielles non liées aux nocicepteurs*. Le "piqûre-o-mètre", pour classer les piqûres. En vacances, une chose peut gâcher le séjour : les attaques d'insectes.

Le "piqûre-o-mètre", pour classer les piqûres

Here Are 20 Animals You Had No Idea Existed. Some Of These Will Haunt My Dreams Forever. You probably haven’t seen most of these animals before.

Here Are 20 Animals You Had No Idea Existed. Some Of These Will Haunt My Dreams Forever.

In fact, most people haven’t. One is only visible for two weeks out of the whole YEAR, but we’re bringing them to you because they are so strange. They would look completely at home in any Tim Burton movie, but these creatures are totally real. You’ve been warned! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.