by Ralph Nader
Page 99, Nathan Koppel, “Gambling Allegations Have Sport All Aflutter,” Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2013, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324010704578415230547113310.
Page 101, New York Times, May 1, 2013.
Page 101, “The Horsemen of Nairobi,” Washington Post, April 30, 2013.
Page 101, Anne Raver, “Farm Equipment That Runs on Oats,” New York Times, May 15, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/garden/farm-equipmentthat-runs-on-oats.html.
Page 103, “She urges ‘using the proper mulch and timing more of the crops . . .’” See Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2013.
Page 105, “It means you can genetically manipulate us . . .” See Carnegie Science, summer 2013.
Page 108, “Whereupon the lemming leaped off the stage to rejoin its fellow lemmings . . .” See Washington Post, 2013.
Page 109, Rodrique Ngowi, “Gerbils Strut Their Stuff at New England Pageant,” Associated Press, May 4, 2013.
Page 109, Washington Post, June 2, 2013.
Page 110, New York Times, June 19, 2013.
Page 110, Karen Hoppert, “Oh, Rats. There’s One Aspect of Baltimore She Can’t Get Used To,” Washington Post, June 19, 2013, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/oh-rats-theres-one-aspect-ofbaltimore-she-cant-get-used-to/2013/06/19/96cd18ca-c96f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html.
Page 112, Martin Walters, The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Insects (Lorenz Books, 2011).
Page 114, Walters, Illustrated World Encyclopedia.
Page 122, Mayumi Negishi, “Can Spider Web Be Replicated? A Japanese Startup Thinks So,” Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2013, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324399404578583562603579062.
Page 124, Walters, Illustrated World Encyclopedia.
Page 129, New York Times, August 2, 2013.
Page 130, Douglas Quenqua, “For Some Worms, It’s Heads or Tails,” New York Times, July 29, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/science/for-someworms-its-heads-or-tails.html.
Page 130, https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/70/text.
Page 130, “We moths cannot stand the odor of red wood . . .” See Washington Post, July 16, 2013.
Page 131, Susan Milius, “Real Pack Rats Aren’t Actually That Disorganized, Researchers Say,” Washington Post, February 24, 2014, https://www. washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/real-pack-rats-arent-actuallythat-disorganized-researchers-say/2014/02/24/5b3784f2-9da5-11e3-9ba6-800d1192d08b_story.html.
Page 136, Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2013.
Page 137, Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2013.
Page 137, Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2013.
Page 138, Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2013.
Page 138, “We can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a stove.” See Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2013.
Page 139, Washington Post, July 23, 2013.
Page 140, “More goats are being rented around the country to reduce the vegetation. They are cheaper . . .” See Washington Post, August 7, 2013.
Page 140, “Not to be outdone, a beetle came forward . . .” See New York Times, August 4, 2013.
Page 141, “By the way, we mice wonder why you despise us and our rats when we are your most . . .” See New York Times, August 2, 2013.
Page 145, Mother Jones, September 2013.
Page 147, Sandy Keenan, “Life on the Farm: E-I-E-I . . . Oh?,” New York Times, July 31, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/garden/life-on-the-farme-i-e-i-oh.html.
Page 147, “The last of the Pinta Island subspecies, Lonesome George earned his nickname after sailors . . .” See New York Times, July 2, 2013.
Page 148, Jackson Landers, “Scientists Look to Revive the Long-Extinct Passenger Pigeon,” Washington Post, July 8, 2013, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/scientists-look-to-revive-the-long-extinct-passenger-pigeon/2013/07/08/3d1323d4-b9a1-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html.
Page 151, “Moving cattle out of the area often preserves the native grass . . .” See Washington Post, September 22, 2013.
Page 152, http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/837100.pdf.
Page 153, New York Times, September 25, 2013.
Page 154, Stacey Stowe, “Roll Over? Fat Chance,” New York Times, September 25, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/garden/roll-over-fat-chance.html.
Page 155, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Now Checking In: Pampered Pets,” New York Times, September 18, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/travel/now-checking-in-pampered-pets.html.
Page 156, “There is a comedy dog act called ‘Mutts Gone Nuts,’ where dogs . . .” See Washington Post, October 2, 2013.
Page 160, New York Times, October 17, 2013.
Page 161, New York Times, October 17, 2013.
Page 162, Jon Mooallem, “Squirrel Power!,” New York Times, August 31, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/opinion/sunday/squirrel-power.html?_r=0.
Page 163, “Listen to your scientists, who are improving avian radar . . .” See New York Times, October 18, 2013.
Page 165, “No end to ideas when you start working on your animal imagination.” See Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2013.
Pages 168–170, Nicholas Kristof, “Are Chicks Brighter Than Babies?,” New York Times, October 19, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/opinion/sunday/are-chicks-brighter-than-babies.html.
Page 169–170, “‘Nothing,’ said one chicken-raiser at a giant poultry farm, ‘they’re too dumb to be thinking anything, Bubba.’” For more see the Washington Post, October 31, 2013; and Carolyn L. Smith, Sarah L. Zielinski, “The Startling Intelligence of the Common Chicken,” Scientific American, February 1, 2014, https:www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-startling-intelligence-of-thecommon-chicken/.
Page 170, Christine Dell’Amore, “Touring the Chesapeake Bay With Its Legendary Watermen,” Washington Post, October 12, 2013, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/touring-thechesapeake-bay-with-its-legendary-watermen/2013/10/10/b47bb55a-305f-11e3-bbed-a8a60c601153_story.html.
Page 171, “Watch how our riders bathe and groom us, hug us, and are completely absorbed by us.” See Washington Post, October 12, 2013.
Page 173–174, David Colker, “Robert C. Stebbins, Expert on Reptiles and Amphibians, Dies at 98,” Washington Post, October 11, 2013, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/robert-cstebbins-expert-on-reptiles-and-amphibians-dies-at-98/2013/10/11/c629224c-328f-11e3-8627-c5d7de0a046b_story.html.
Page 175, Lucy Spelman, National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2012), 146–168.
Page 178, “Up goes your risk of high blood pressure . . .” See Washington Post, October 14, 2013.
Page 180, “More attention started being paid to the causes . . .” See Washington Post, October 15, 2013.
Page 192, “Then, after this simultaneous sperm transfer . . .” See Washington Post, November 26, 2013.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Connecticut in 1934, Ralph Nader has spent his lifetime challenging corporations and government agencies to be more accountable to the public. His 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed permanently altered the course of a reckless U.S. automobile industry and made Nader a household name. Nader helped pass the Freedom of Information Act of 1974, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Pure Food Act, the Clean Water Act, and laws that created federal regulatory agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Over the years he has founded numerous public interest groups including Public Citizen, the Center for Auto Safety, the Clean Water Action Project, the Pension Rights Center, the American Museum of Tort Law, the Critical Mass Energy Project, the Center for the Study of Responsive Law, and the student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs). His 2000 presidential campaign on the Green Party ticket served to broaden the scope
of debate on the nation’s priorities. Named by the Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history, Nader continues to be a relentless advocate for grassroots activism and democratic change.
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