Mickey Pardo, PhD

Behavioral ecologist, conservation biologist, animal rights advocate. Vocal communication, cognition, and passive acoustic monitoring in 🐘 &🐦‍⬛. Views my own.

[Mickey Pardo, PhD @MickeyPardo]

Help ban M-44 cyanide bombs on public lands! https://t.co/2ZzfCCQwih via @YouTube

[Mickey Pardo, PhD @MickeyPardo]

Throwback to one of my first papers, on social cognition in acorn woodpeckers. https://t.co/oAEzcJnE7n via @YouTube

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Polyamorous gangster woodpeckers https://t.co/mRtUU67Syw via @YouTube

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Call your senators TODAY to stop this anti-animal bill #farmbill #animal... https://t.co/JyXDdaBi0K via @YouTube

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The truth about soy's environmental impact #soy #farming #environment #s... https://t.co/cAqxZRHiqg via @YouTube

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This is how we can end the extinction crisis. Animal ag is by far the biggest cause of biodiversity loss, and transitioning to a plant-based food system would allow us to use 75% less land for food production, freeing up 36 million km2 for rewilding
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Palm cockatoos drum on trees with rhythmic patterns similar to musical beats. And they are the only wild animals that make tools for the purpose of producing sound! https://t.co/swky6Gp0TD via @YouTube

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They rescued 31 dogs—Police sent 8 back #ridglan #openrescue #animaltest... https://t.co/kP1N31Tpo6 via @YouTube

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Reason #6 to abolish animal farming: "humane slaughter" is an oxymoron. There is no "humane" way to kill someone who doesn't want to die, especially when we could avoid killing them altogether by switching to a plant-based food system https://t.co/6fqufn7Ffp via @YouTube

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Do animals have imagination? A reason study suggests that Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo, did. https://t.co/V2ul7iNKao via @YouTube

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If we agree that factory farming is bad, the only viable solution is to switch to a largely plant-based food system, because we can't produce animal products on a large scale w/o factory farms. https://t.co/xLoxYNNru5 via @YouTube

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Reason #4 to abolish animal farming: humane certification labels are effectively a scam. As long as animals are commercially exploited, companies will never prioritize their welfare over profit. https://t.co/HluGdp0cML via @YouTube

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Reason #3 to abolish animal farming: it routinely involves mutilating animals with no pain relief. Commodification of animals ensures that their welfare always comes second to profit, no matter what farmers want you to believe. https://t.co/fTjeUYcA6Y via @YouTube

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The recent discovery of multi-purpose tool use in cows and it's ethical implications https://t.co/lh8PwRYfMz via @YouTube

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Reason #2 to abolish animal farming: Animal ag treats sentient individuals like disposal objects, and this will always be the case as long as they are seen as commodities. https://t.co/uVfbAYd8yW via @YouTube

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I'm making a video about each of my top 10 reasons why we need to abolish animal agriculture. Reason #1 is the cognitive and emotional capacities of farmed animals. https://t.co/XvGNARlrJY via @YouTube

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A tribute to two conservation luminaries who passed away this year. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who I knew personally, and Jane Goodall, who was a childhood hero of mine. https://t.co/DdYzLVBcqe via @YouTube

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This video is for those of you who hunt or are thinking about getting into it. Whether it annoys you, introduces you to a novel perspective, or simply rehashes ideas you've already considered, I'd love to hear your thoughts.https://t.co/qkFzdBxSf6 via @YouTube

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The dark irony of research on animal love https://t.co/gX7TCyKrkA via @YouTube

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Rodents grieve?! https://t.co/2VnZutBs9U via @YouTube