National Geographic News

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