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Entangled humpback whale freed off Port McNeill in BC
An entangaled humpback whale had to be freed after getting trapped in prawn traps off the coast of Port McNeill in British Columbia, and luckily a Department of Fisheries and Oceans official with training in these matters was only 45 minuntes away when it happened. " Paul... Seal populations continue to climb off New England coast
Seal populations off the coast of New England are continuing to rise, and the animals that were once such marine pests that hunters could kill as many as they liked until there were barely any left, have now made a... Rare venomous mammal caught on camera
Very rare footage of one of the world's shyest mammals has been caught by scientists in the Caribbean for the first time. The creature, known as the Hispaniolan solenodon, is large, with a long, thin snout and looks... 25% of World's Mammals Face Extinction
A reevaluation of the Red List of Threatened Species, last assessed 10 years ago, has found that over half of all mammalian species' populations are falling and that at least 25% face the risk of...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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759 views | 58 recommendations | 24 comments
Walruses: under threat from climate change
Walruses are in danger of being wiped out by climate change due to where they live.The populations are spread out between the Pacific walrus and the smaller Atlantic walrus and they can be found in Arctic... Polar bear sitting in tundra without snow - signs of global warming
A young polar bear is sitting in the brown arctic tundra in November. No signs of snow or ice in sight. Polar bears are coming to the waters edge in October/November near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, waiting for...
created by travel_photography | 1 year ago | updated 47 wks ago
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1339 views | 53 recommendations | 21 comments
Abandoned whale calf put down amid angry protests
A baby whale that had been beached near Sydney, Australia had to be put down today, after authorities had spent many days trying to come up with a way to rescue it. The calf had attracted hundreds of spectators...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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491 views | 16 recommendations | 9 comments
Men find dolphin in inland garden
"The dead dolphin in the garden The dolphin was removed by environmental health officers Mystery surrounds the discovery of a dead dolphin in the garden of two sailors in Dorset who live on a steep hill half a...
created by Marcelo232323 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Manatees in Lake Pontchartrain!
"Manatee area . . . proceed with caution.""by Kia Hall Hayes, The Times-PicayuneThursday July 17, 2008, 9:37 PM Confirming reports of manatees in and around Lake Pontchartrain, local scientists are spreading... Platypus is found to have a cocktail of genomes
The Platypus is one of nature's strangest animals. It has a bill like a duck, fur like a mammal, and venom like a snake. But scientists in Australia say they have now mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus,...World's Strangest Creature? Part Mammal, Part Reptile
The platypus is really considered the strangest creature on the Earth........""The platypus is a very ancient offshoot of the mammal tree, so it was 166 million years ago that we last shared a common ancestor with...'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin
There would seem to be sexual predators in the animal kingdom too"An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin.The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet...For good or ill Ireland gains another mammal species
Although there are only about 60 species of mammals living inland or around our coasts, they play an important part in our lives. Ireland has long been separated from mainland Europe, thereby, preventing movement over land. There are a greater number of mammal species in...China reports human-to-human bird flu transmission
"Chinese doctors have reported that human-to-human transmission likely occurred in a small family cluster of H5N1 avian flu cases in China late last year.A 52-year-old man from Jiangsu province fell ill with the virus after helping care for his son, 24. The younger man died...Sengi: the All-New Elephant Shrew
... Well, new to us, anyway. This elephant shrew is neither elephant nor shrew, so we can jsut call it the sengi. How long before Webkinz makes a plush version? Yeah, you know you'd buy one."The bizarre-looking...
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