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The Mystery of the "Immaculately" Conceived Baby Anteater

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The Desperate Fight to Save the Tasmanian Devil from Extinction

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Meanwhile, in a Chinese Zoo, a Man Bit an Ostrich to Death

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Madness in the Village of Elephants: 26 Pachyderms Slaughtered

Started by Dallas the Phallus. Last reply by Steph S. yesterday. 2 Replies 1 Like

Why I hate human greed so much. -- DallasIn the forest clearing locals call the “Village of Elephants,” or Dzanga Bai, 17 heavily armed men arrived on Wednesday, May 8, with AK-47s. They were bound for the observation tower where tourists in the…Continue

Tags: ivory, China, Africa, extinction., poaching

Bristly tongue helps bats grab nectar

Started by Dallas the Phallus. Last reply by Joan Denoo May 13. 2 Replies 1 Like

The hairy bristles on the tongue of a particular bat that feeds on nectar help it draw up the sweet liquid. Now the precise way in which those bristles work has been glimpsed for the first time using high-speed video.By filming Glossophaga…Continue

Tags: evolution, anatomy, mammals, bats

U.S. loses nearly a third of its honey bees this season

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Nearly a third of managed honeybee colonies in America died out or disappeared over the winter, an annual survey found on Wednesday. The decline—which was far worse than the winter before—threatens the survival of some bee colonies.The heavy losses…Continue

Tags: food, pollination, agriculture, parasites, pesticides

Aquarium launches desperate search to save a species down to 3 individuals

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Aquarists at ZSL London Zoo have launched a worldwide appeal to find a female mate for a fish species that is believed to have gone extinct in the wild.The fish, Mangarahara cichlid (Ptychochromis Insolitus), was once found in the Mangarahara River…Continue

Tags: extinction, marine life, fish, conservation

Rhinos now extinct in Mozambique: experts

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Speechless. -- DallasJOHANNESBURG — Mozambique’s rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, the beasts again are on the brink of vanishing from the country by poachers seeking…Continue

Tags: wildlife, conservation, extinction, Africa, Mozambique

Climate Change poised to wipe out Painted turtles

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Painted turtles set to become all-femaleThe wild painted turtles I enjoyed watching as a…Continue

Tags: painted turtles, Climate Destabilization, extinction

Conserving our bees

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Comment by Tony Carroll on February 4, 2013 at 5:17am: Amazon Milk Frog.

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Comment by Steph S. on February 3, 2013 at 6:30pm: Mori welcome to the group.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:23pm: Tony, I wonder if a human put on a suit of solar energy collectors, if they could take a little flight. Remember those early photos of trying to fly in those crazy huge wings? Maybe they were ahead of their time; they needed an energy source humans couldn't provide.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:18pm: Tony, as usual, you stimulated my curiosity about orangutans and get ready for an adventure:

Orangutan images

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:11pm: Well, I can see the Northern sea route, although I couldn't find a migratory map for norther sea life. This is for humpback whales.

Migratory route for sea life

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:06pm: Tony, I have never heard of such creatures. Where do they occur? ...

"most years in the spring, there is a mass stranding that occurs along the West Coast of North America, from British Columbia to California, beginning in the north and moving south over several weeks' time. In some years, so many animals are left at the tide line by receding waves, that the line of dying (and subsequently rotting) animals may be many centimetres deep, along hundreds of kilometres of beaches. Mass strandings have been reported also on the west coast of Ireland."

that is interesting, along the west coast of North America and Ireland. I wonder what migratory route they took to make that leap?

https://www.google.com/search?q=velella+(Velella+Velella),+a+small+free+floating+hydrozoan.&hl=en&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=tHsJUeOUG-S9igLMhYHIAQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1128&bih=486

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on January 30, 2013 at 11:48am: Yesterday, with considerable difficulty, I hacked some stale coconut macaroons into pieces with a meat cleaver and put them out for the squirrel. Today there are new holes in the flower bed, where he buried them. *sigh* Oh well.