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habituation - The phenomenon whereby, after a number of sub-cultures, cells can grow without the addition to the tissue culture medium of previously obligatory factors. Such cells are then autonomous. [FAO]

News archive for habituation.

Wildlife managers kill black bear  -  Aug 6, 2007
Billings Gazette,Had this bear not been shot there, it might have had to have been shot eventually due to its level of habituation. It's probably one of the hardest parts of

Group meets for evening of food, art and talk of nuclear war  -  Aug 5, 2007
Columbia Missourian,He cited denial, habituation, distancing and despair as “social and psychological obstacles.�? “Talking is the most important thing we can do.

Deconstructing Dog Lovers  -  Jul 25, 2007
Utne Reader Online..."Taken seriously," Kuzniar writes, "[pet love] calls for us to redefine bonds of privacy, succor, and habituation." Humans rise early to walk their dogs

Deal favours falcons  -  Aug 12, 2007
Winnipeg Sun,Wheeldon agreed to postpone the tower habituation phase of the falcon recovery program for a year so crews could build up the dike.

We've Seen All This Before  -  Aug 15, 2007
OpEdNews,...by Ernest Partridge Page 1 of 2 page(s) "What happened [in Nazi Germany] was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by

CC Africa signs historic land deal  -  Aug 15, 2007
iAfrica.com,...“We have spent many years fostering this incredible environment of co-habituation which will result in wildlife conservation in perpetuity.

Safety of grizzlies takes priority for Airdrie woman  -  Aug 14, 2007
Airdrie Echo,The habituation of bears to grain on the tracks is something that is unacceptable to Ball. While she gives kudos to CPR for looking at ways to address the

Letter Box  -  Aug 13, 2007
Brattleboro Reformer,I do understand that habituation is a more complex behavior to deal with. As we humans know, our own habits are challenging enough to reverse.

Do you have a wild child? Get out and find out  -  Aug 10, 2007
Adirondack Daily Enterprise,Black bears are known to stand their ground and bluff only where circumstances like cubs, extreme hunger or habituation to people are concerned.

Just lost in the neighborhood: Bear strays too close for comfort  -  Aug 8, 2007
The Register-Guard,..."A lot of our bear problems come from inadvertent feeding through trash cans, fruit around fruit trees, things that get bears started on that habituation

'Hunting over bait' debate  -  Jul 27, 2007
Cameron County Endeavor,..."It also increases wildlife habituation to humans and increases the likelihood of disease transmission." Some people are affected, too, DuBrock pointed out.

Another tragedy, another graphic reminder  -  Jul 26, 2007
Whistler Question,We also wonder how much the regular presence of bikers in their habitat contributes to the habituation of Whistler’s bears to humans, in some cases leading

Inside the mind of a horse  -  Jul 24, 2007
Irish Independent,...of classical conditioning -- learning associations between certain stimuli, cues or aids and they are masters at habituation -- getting used to things.

Time for change's Journal  -  Jul 22, 2007
Democratic Underground,What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret;

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