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Tortoise in exile

, 1992
An easy to read story about Tortoise and Anum, his wife. They have been exiled by the other animals to a vast uninhabitated land.
Enwonwu, Chio
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Animal Logic: Locke and the Nature of Inference

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can animals reason? If so, what would their reasoning consist in, and how, if at all, would it differ from its human counterpart? On these questions, John Locke stakes out a position that also merits consideration today. I argue that, for Locke, reasoning is a matter of the subject's construing her mental states as support for a conclusion ...
Walter Ott
wiley   +1 more source

The Epistemology and Semantics of Ignorance

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper is concerned with ignorance. It develops a novel, full account of the nature and epistemic normativity of objectual and factual ignorance, degrees of ignorance, comparative ignorance, and the semantics of permissible outright attributions of ignorance of facts and phenomena.
Mona Simion, Christoph Kelp, Lilith Mace
wiley   +1 more source

People, forest and tortoise: Perception and stated behavior of forest dependent communities on critically endangered elongated tortoise

Trees, Forests and People
The elongated tortoise Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1854), is one of the most widespread tortoises of Indo-Malayan region yet is listed as critically endangered species in the IUCN Red List. In Nepal, elongated tortoises were widespread in lowland areas.
Chandra Mani Aryal, Prakash Chandra Aryal, Bishal Sharma, Narayan Niraula, Jyoti Dhamala   +4 more
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hair decoration - tortoise

, 1920
hair decoration - tortoise colored comb with two prongs/teeth, head decorated with interlaceDigital ...

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Fire frequency and timing influence bee–flower interactions: a case study from an oak‐pine savanna restoration on the Cumberland Plateau

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Native plant communities have declined in the southeastern United States over the past century because of habitat loss and fire suppression. While restoration of these communities often requires prescribed fire, the effects of fire on endemic insects remain unclear.
Samuel R. Wilhelm, Laura Russo, Maya M. Lapp, Mark A. Turner, Craig A. Harper   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Drivers and Community Perceptions: Conservation Challenges for the Critically Endangered Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) in Jalthal Forest, Eastern Nepal

Diversity
The elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata), a Critically Endangered (CR) species, faces numerous threats across its range. Yet, the ecological and anthropogenic factors affecting its conservation in fragmented habitats remain poorly understood.
Kamala Limbu, Asmit Subba, Nishan Limbu, Laxman Khanal, Randall C. Kyes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tortoise Shell Lyre

, 2015
Tortoise shell lyre. 4 cent BC. Restored. VII.17.11a. british Mus.
Ferguson, Everett
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Form Before Capability? AI Governance Adoption, Functional Capability, and the Limits of Index‐Based Evidence in the Global South

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments across the developing world have adopted artificial intelligence governance instruments at high speed, though the relationship between formal adoption and the capability to operate those instruments remains poorly understood. This article asks whether the expansion of AI governance architecture across the Global South has been ...
Anis Ben Brik
wiley   +1 more source

Interspecific Cohabitation and Associated Zoonotic Risk in the Burrows of Niokolo‐Koba National Park, Senegal

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 11, November 2026.
Burrows concentrate multiple species in confined spaces, potentially facilitating pathogen transmission. Camera traps at 105 burrow entrances in Niokolo‐Koba National Park documented 32 species generating 172 interspecific cohabitations. Potential zoonotic bacteria (Treponema, Francisella) were detected, and ticks were found in half of sampled burrows,
Clara Russo, Yves Brostaux, Virginie Daelemans, Simon Lhoest, Johan Michaux, Mutien‐Marie Garigliany, Julie Bonnald, Fany Brotcorne, Justine Broers, Eric Heymans, Philippe Taminiaux, Ousmane Alioune Sylla, Mallé Gueye, Paul Moïse Diedhiou, Cédric Vermeulen   +14 more
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