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HuffPost UKThese Are The 'Deadliest' Bird Species In Britain That Experts Are Urging Us To Avoid
Take extra caution around these birds.
- People
'Lost Species' that Eluded 'Documentation for 55 Years' Is Finally Photographed on an Island
The last documented New Britain Goshawk sighting was in 1969
- Storyful
Satisfying Moment Humpback Whale Is Cut Free From Tangle of Fishing Gear
A humpback whale tangled up in fishing lines and floats off Prince Rupert, British Columbia, was freed on September 6, after a four-day operation carried out by a specialized team from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, officials said.This footage shows the crew hooking ropes onto the gear wrapped around the whale and then working to rip or cut off the lines and floats, until finally the massive mammal is free.Fisheries and Oceans Canada said the whale was “severely entangled” and that the “disentanglement took over 50 rope cuts.”The department urged people “to report possible occurrences of whales being harassed or disturbed, and instances of collision with whales or whale entanglements.” Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada via Storyful
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Escaped capybara: Hoo Zoo calls on public for help locating missing Cinnamon
A capybara is on the loose in Shropshire after absconding from its habitat. Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World posted on Facebook to announce its "beloved capybara" Cinnamon had gone missing on Friday. The small, family-run zoo on the outskirts of Telford asked the public to report any sightings and added that the giant rodent should not be approached.
- Evening Standard
Who is Moo Deng? Meet the baby pygmy hippopotamus that captured people's hearts
The internet’s unofficial favourite animal is now Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo in Thailand
- The Guardian
Shropshire zoo seeks runaway ‘beloved’ capybara
Telford’s Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World urges public to report sightings of Cinnamon and not approach her
- The Guardian
How the west’s wellness industry is driving Ethiopia’s frankincense trees towards extinction
As rich westerners fuel demand for the ancient fragrance, a lucrative race for the resin is killing the trees but leaving little of the trade’s profit for those gathering it
- The Bolton News
'Avoid at all costs': Brits warned to stay away from 6 of the UK's deadliest birds
From a Seagull to a Peregrine Falcon, these are six of the deadliest birds that either live or migrate across the UK and Brits are being warned to stay away.
- People
Scientists Confirm How Japanese Eels Escape a Predator Fish's Stomach After Being Eaten
Of the 32 eels that were swallowed whole by dark sleeper fish in a recent study, nine of them successfully escaped to safety
- EADT
Emu seen walking around town
Police have been made aware of an emu walking the streets of Hadleigh, which has been on the loose since Monday afternoon.
- Snopes
Fact Check: Posts Claim Photo Shows True Size of Bear's Paw Compared to Human, But There's More to It
The striking image had been circulating online for years but resurfaced on social media in mid-2024.
- USA TODAY
Who's that baby hippo on your timeline? Meet the wet, chubby 'lifestyle icon' captivating the internet
Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand, has the internet in a chokehold with her chubby, pink cheeks and tummy rolls.
- Cover Media
Cincinnati Zoo Celebrates The Birth Of Beautiful Baby Bonobo!
Cincinnati Zoo keepers are celebrating the birth of a beautiful bouncing bonobo baby to 18-year-old mum Gilda on 8 September 2024. Both mother and infant are doing well, taking some time to bond behind the scenes. The keepers at the zoo's Jungle Trails are monitoring their progress and will begin gradually introducing them to the rest of the troop and their habitat when the pair are ready. Bonobo infants are born with the remarkable ability to cling to their mothers, even when they are climbing.
- SWNS
Meet the vet dehorning rhinos to fight the poaching crisis
A veterinarian is helping save Africa’s endangered rhinos by removing their horns to deter poachers. Dr. Chloe Buiting, 31, is a part of a team in South Africa working to combat the poaching crisis that has seen the rhino population devastated. The country, which is home to 93% of the continent’s white rhinos and 39% of its critically endangered black rhinos, has been the epicenter of the crisis. Since 2008, the poaching numbers have skyrocketed with 13 rhinos killed in 2007, 83 in 2008 and over 1,200 in 2014. Dr Buiting, a wildlife veterinary from Kangaroo Island, Australia, said “Rhinos were being lost faster than they were reproducing.
- Associated Press
Zimbabwe and Namibia will kill scores of elephants to feed people facing drought
Zimbabwe and Namibia have announced plans to slaughter hundreds of wild elephants and other animals to feed hunger-stricken residents amid severe drought conditions in the southern African countries. Zimbabwe said Monday it would allow the killing of 200 elephants so that their meat can be distributed among needy communities, while in Namibia the killing of more than 700 wild animals — including 83 elephants — is under way as part of a plan announced three weeks ago. Tinashe Farawo, a spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, said permits would be issued in needy communities to hunt elephants and that the agency also would kill some of the overall allotment of 200 animals.
- Futurism
We're Willing to Die for This Baby Hippo Called Moo Deng
A tiny and adorable pygmy hippo called Moo Deng has been melting hearts across social media. The miniature addition was born at the Khaow Kheow Open Zoo east of Bangkok, Thailand, and has been steadily going viral online for her cute looks and ferocious chomps. Her name means "bouncy pig" in Thai, a reference […]
- FTW Outdoors
8 Moo Deng photos of the adorable baby pygmy hippo that's become a TikTok star
Chances are that you've seen Moo Deng on TikTok. And wi
- Sky News
Shy penguin species wins New Zealand's Bird Of The Year after contest without the controversies of previous years
The yellow-eyed penguin has won New Zealand's fiercely-contested Bird Of The Year competition - with campaigners hoping its victory will prompt a revival of the species. The birds, thought to be the rarest type of penguin in the world, are a shy species sometimes referred to as "hoihos" - meaning "noise shouters" in the Maori language. Victory in New Zealand's Bird Of The Year competition comes after a long-running contest that was without the foreign interference scandals and cheating controversies of past polls.
- The Guardian
Deadly avian flu strain could enter Australia via thieving migratory birds, scientists warn
Birds practising kleptoparasitism – harassing each other until they drop their saliva-covered food – seen as ‘plausible pathway’ for arrival of H5N1
- CBC
The race is on to save Quebec's elusive, rare spring salamander
Conservation groups in Quebec are trying to save a rare, endangered salamander before it's too late. But the first step is finding the reclusive amphibian."It's hours and hours of flipping rocks and then finally we find one. There's always that joy," said Laura Molina as she searched a cold creek near Saint-Ferdinand, Que., about 200 kilometres east of Montreal.Molina is a project manager with Le Groupe de concertation des bassins versants de la zone Bécancour (GROBEC), a group that strives to p