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Cory Darling (Author)

Cory Darling is a Canadian Author, naturalist, and Environmentalist.

Having studied many native Flora and Fauna Cory has written many field books and articles. He is noted for his exhaustive research on the Eastern Five Lined Skink, and his efforts to preserve this species as a food source. Cory Allen Darling, RN, BA, PHD(born September 05, 1971), Darling has become known for his environmental articles and field books on local Flora and Fauna

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* 1 Early life * 2 Academic career * 3 Career * 4 Awards and honors * 5 Family Early life

Born in Brockville Ontario in 1971 to parents Terry Darling and his wife, Cory was the youngest son in a family of four boys. The family suffered from a rare genetic disorder in which the first three children suffered from mild to severe mental handicap.

A fourth-generation Irish Canadian, Cory and his brothers attended Catholic school until grade 9. The conservative environment and liberal priests made a staunch atheist out of Cory who believes logic and reasoning are humanities best tools for solving problems as opposed to metaphysical meanderings. He is sympathetic however to those that need spiritual guidance and has also spoken of the psychological benefits of believing in a higher power for some individuals.

After reaching 14 Cory began to hunt with his Father in the small ponds and lakes that are so numerous in the ST Lawrence Valley lowlands. This is where Cory began his love and understanding of nature, although he later gave up the cruel and barbaric practice, he has many times credited his father for having interested him in nature.

Academic career

Cory received his Nursing certificate from St Lawrence College in Brockville, a BA in Psychology from the University of Guelph. He also recieved his PHD in Aerospace engineering at the University of Dormin in India.

[edit] Early Working years Cory left University and Started working in a plastics producer and importer where he soon learned of the environmental problems that the manufacturing of plastics caused and after a co-working developed terminal cancer, Cory choose to leave the company without any work opportunities. Eventually he found work at the CIBC in their failed attempt to sell insurance, on the IT Helpdesk. He moved from companies finally becoming an IT professional. Cory never lost his love of wildlife, authoring field journals and books on a variety of wildlife focusing on The Eastern five lined skink and is on of the few experts in Canada on this rare animal.

[edit] Awards and honors

Cory is the author of two hundred published articles, and four books including "The world is ours to lose", "Habitat problems of the Five Lined Skink", and the controversial "Mating habits of the five lined Skink".

He is recipient of the best non fiction article award in Natural world magazine 3 years in a row from 1996 to 1999, and a long list of amateur honors.

[edit] Family Darling and Pam Monrad have been common law partners for over 20 years. Being unconventional they have not embraced the common habit of marriage instead referring to each other in colloquialisms. Whether they ever bow to societal and intense family pressure from his ultra religous mentally delayed brothers will remain to be seen. They have two children named Ryan and Ainsley born in 2007 and 2009. Cory has 4 other children he has fathered during one or at the most two night stands that he refuses to take responsiblity for.

Cory is also a Vegan and speaks openly about the ethical and environmental issues with a meat based diet. Namely impotence and lack of higher brain stem functioning.

Cory and his family (he, his wife, and two children produce only one bag of garbage per month, reusing or recycling everything else, however as vegans they produce 6 times the average amount of methane an omnivore could be expected to produce. They are the owners of a hybrid car, purchase 100% green electricity and are members of a local Organic CSA. They are also members of the Green party of Ontario and Canada. Cory ia also a member of the "I am better than you!" club.

Cory also is a well liked white water canoeing instructor and teaches every summer on the Madawaska River. He has also ran many large drops in his canoe, at one time almost breaking his hip on the thwart of his boat which fractured into pieces after a particularly long drop. His skill has allowed him to run rivers that seasoned kayakers cannot. His skill also allows him to brag endlessly. [edit] See also * www.Paddleinthewater.com