Posts by: nrjbasu

Nature vs Nurture: How do baby birds learn how to fly?

October 9, 2012 at 9:55 pm

As humans, it is inevitable to believe that we are born into this world with an instinct; an unknown conscious which is the means to our development. Without this instinct, many of the activities we take for granted would be a prioritized thought (i.e. breathing, sleeping, and walking). If humans were not born into this […]

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The Ruppells Griffon Vulture; The Highest Recorded Flying Bird

September 26, 2012 at 7:58 pm

We’ve all traveled in a plane, whether it was just for business or for vacation. We’ve all been thousands of feet up in the air in the comfort of an airplane admiring the beauty of the ground below us. Unfortunately, none of us will ever be able to experience what it’s like to soar as […]

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