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Haley Selen
Feb 21, 20192 min read
Science of Behavior Change: Positive Punishment
If I touch a hot stove and feel a painful burn, that's positive punishment. What may sound like an oxymoron is yet another way we learn....
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Haley Selen
Feb 13, 20191 min read
Love
Love is in the air, especially for Aldo the American Kestrel. As the days get longer, he senses that breeding season is around the...
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Haley Selen
Feb 7, 20191 min read
Fasting
Can you imagine not eating for 3 months, and not losing any weight during such a fast? That’s just what Digger the hognose snake tested...
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Haley Selen
Jan 30, 20191 min read
Bated Breath
A group of 12 people stood with me in the Curiosity Center, motionless. Even the young children refrained from crawling through logs or...
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Haley Selen
Jan 24, 20191 min read
Chilly
Red-tailed hawks are a hardy species. While some move farther south for the winter, many red-tails choose to stay in Wisconsin as long as...
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Haley Selen
Jan 16, 20191 min read
Stages of a Good Bath
Aldo the American Kestrel seems to have bathing down to a science. There appears to be 7 essential elements to a good bath, something he...
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Haley Selen
Jan 10, 20191 min read
Climber
Great Plains Rat Snakes are known to be excellent climbers. They climb into shrubs and trees in the wild, perhaps in search of tasty...
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Haley Selen
Jan 3, 20191 min read
Alula
The Wisconsin DNR recently shared a stunning photo captured by a trail camera in the Snapshot Wisconsin program. The reddish feathers of...
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Haley Selen
Dec 21, 20181 min read
Broadway
During the last cold snap, Aldo the American Kestrel had to come inside. It happened to be a cleaning day at the Museum so he came home ...
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Haley Selen
Dec 20, 20183 min read
SNOW
I coughed and waved my hand in front of my face as a flurry of fluffy white feathers engulfed me. A thick downy coat makes taxidermying...
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