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Sunday, November 10, 2024

"'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next" | Live Science

"Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand? "| Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/do-ostriches-really-bury-their-heads-in-the-sand 

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Unlike nest-building birds, ostriches dig shallow holes in the sand or dirt to lay their eggs. Both parents rotate the eggs several times a day to ensure they are kept warm. This behavior may, from afar, look like they have their heads buried..."

"'Lovely freak of nature': Mutant blue frog hops into wildlife sanctuary workshop |"" Live Science

"Why is a mushroom growing on a frog? Scientists don't know, but it sure looks weird ”| Live Science

"King cobra mystery that's puzzled scientists for 188 years finally solved |" Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/king-cobra-mystery-thats-puzzled-scientists-for-188-years-finally-solved?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LiveScience/magazine/LiveScience 


"The mighty king cobra — the world's longest venomous snake — is actually four distinct species, scientists have confirmed in a new study....

 the Northern king cobra (O. hannah), the Sunda king cobra (Ophiophagus bungarus), the Western Ghats king cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga) and the Luzon king cobra (Ophiophagus salvatana) ...

"43 escaped research monkeys still loose in South Carolina after caretaker failed to shut two doors"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/43-escaped-research-monkeys-still-loose-south-carolina-caretaker-faile-rcna179278 


"Locals were urged to lock windows and doors and not to interact with the monkeys and instead call 911 immediately upon spotting any of the escaped primates. "These animals are highly sensitive and easily startled, we recommend that the public avoid the area to prevent frightening them further," police said."

Saturday, November 9, 2024

SHAME ON JOSHUA CRAIN 👎😡 " Lead investigator behind P'Nut the Squirrel's death ID'd as NY state probes critter's demise "

https://nypost.com/2024/11/09/us-news/lead-investigator-behind-pnut-the-squirrels-death-idd-as-ny-state-probes-critters-demise/ 


SHAME ON JOSHUA CRAIN 👎😡
"DEC Investigator Joshua Crain executed the search warrant after receiving a sign-off from Chemung County Judge Richard W. Rich Jr. the day before, according to court documents"

"Mysterious 'woyote dog' caught on camera — experts are puzzled"

https://nypost.com/2024/11/08/science/mysterious-woyote-dog-caught-on-camera-experts-are-puzzled/ 

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The organization joked that their guest of honor may be "the elusive 'wyote dog'" — a pretend hybrid of all three.

"Ultimately, we won't ever know for sure one way or another because the animal just passed through our area in winter and we haven't seen it on any trail camera since then so we cannot get a genetic sample or anything like that to tell one way or another," the organization's Thomas Gable told Forbes"

Monday, October 28, 2024

Fascinating "Here’s why elephants have all those wrinkles in their trunks : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5140599/elephant-trunk-wrinkles-brain-stem 


"couple months into development, the fetal trunk has about four wrinkles — at which point there's sudden exponential growth.

"Every 20 days, the number of wrinkles doubles," he says.."

Friday, October 25, 2024

Monday, September 30, 2024

Nigeria "Zookeeper mauled to death by lion while feeding it after leaving safety gate open -"

http://opr.news/19377fb0240930en_us?link=1&client=mini 


"Babaji Daule, a 35-year-old trained lion handler, was bitten in the neck Saturday after agreeing to take guests into the enclosure even though they arrived after hours at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Nigeria, the park's management told the Daily Post Nigeria..."

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Tragic "Namibia will kill elephants, zebras, hippos and give meat to people affected by drought" | CNN

https://lite.cnn.com/2024/08/28/climate/namibia-kill-elephants-meat-drought/index.html 


"The animals set to be culled include 83 elephants, 30 hippos, 60 buffalo, 50 impala, 100 blue wildebeest and 300 zebras, the country's Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism announced Monday..."

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Toledo zoo review

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uhfsLr15HwWeZEp98 

I confess I underestimated Toledo. This is a top-notch world class zoo 👍. 🐊🐆🧸🐅🐒🐠🐟🐧🐯🦁🦓🦍🦏. My only complaint is that on such a hot day in the middle of june, there were very few working drinking fountains, and no water bottle refill stations at all. Personally I don't like spending $10 or whatever for a coke. So I just carry a water bottle and most places have water bottle refill stations these days.  other than that, I enjoyed the animals and the aquarium specially the polar bears were fun to watch wrestling with each other in the water. And a lot of historic architecture in the zoo as well. 

Saturday, May 4, 2024

"Orangutan seen treating wound with a medicinal plant — a first"

No🚫: "The researchers behind the study think that great apes' ability to identify medicines and treat wounds could trace back to a shared ancestor with humans". 


https://www.nbcnews.com/science/rcna150230 

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Thursday, April 4, 2024

I've never seen an aggressive elephant like this towards humans. 1 dead. Condolences ✝️💜🙏


I've never seen an aggressive 
elephant like this towards
humans.

Question is:
why did they stop driving ? 
They probably couldn't imagine the elephant would be so dangerous.

1 dead. Condolences ✝️💜🙏

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

"Scientists discover over a hundred new species in the sea east of New Zealand -"

"Dozens of mollusks, three fish, a shrimp and a predatory cephalopod were among the first species found in the waters of Bounty Trough, located east of New Zealand's South Island. South Island is the the larger of the two main islands comprising New Zealand.."


https://libertyunyielding.com/2024/03/21/scientists-discover-over-a-hundred-new-species-in-the-sea-south-of-new-zealand/ 

Saturday, February 24, 2024