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...band of talking beasts escapes a secret British facility and pursues the idea of freedom--shaped by a diet of tabloids--which consists mainly of getting record deals, obsessing over celebrities and making a pile of money. I Am Not an Animal shows what separates us from the fauna--and it isn't pretty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: 6 Choice Imports To Catch | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...pastoralists haven't complained about dingoes to him - devastating stock and wildlife. The minister says pest hybrids should be treated differently to native animals - and believes it would be "an absolute tragedy" if the dingo disappeared from the bush: "Part of Australia's uniqueness is the incredible flora and fauna we have on this continent and the dingo is one of those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dingo, Going, Gone? | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

...With so much flora and fauna on display, the show offers relatively few pictures of people. Only one portrait is included: the stern Cho Man-young, with stringy beard and moustache, painted by Yi Han Chul in the 19th century. Still, there are some lovely renderings of the literati themselves: scholars alone in their pavilions admiring nature, or meandering through the countryside on the backs of donkeys, or on a picnic?challenging one another to produce the best picture or most expressive calligraphy. One of the most charming is Yi Song Rin's 1748 Sage and Child Under the Moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brush With Perfection | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

...Just a 15-minute taxi ride from the city center, this animal sanctuary, open daily from 7:30 p.m. to midnight offers one of the best ways of viewing tropical fauna, as so many species are nocturnal. You can see striped hyenas howling at the moon, endangered greater one-horned rhinos wallowing in the mud, sloth bears eyeing you suspiciously from overhead branches, and the newest feature, flying squirrels the size of cats, gliding among the treetops. Visitors can walk along paths that cut through the park's 16 lush hectares or take a 45-minute guided tram ride. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next Time You're In ... Singapore | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...dancing. But if you're looking for the real party animals, make for the Night Safari. Just a 15-minute taxi ride from the city center, this animal sanctuary, open daily from 7:30 p.m. to midnight, offers one of the best ways of viewing tropical fauna, since so many species are nocturnal. You can see striped hyenas howling at the moon, greater Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightlife | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

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