—”The exciting find of ten baby tortoises was the direct result of a rat eradication campaign completed two years ago on Pinzón, when helicopters criss-crossed the island dropping rat bait, which was non-toxic to the native flora and fauna.” Read article: Baby Tortoise
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“CONSIDER THE CLAM”
—“understanding behaviour in the wild helped create environments more conducive to procreation” read article : LIFE — endangered species in the 1960s
BLOOD HARVEST
— “bleeding a female horseshoe crab may make it less likely to mate, even if it doesn’t kill it. pharmaceutical companies burst the cells that contain the chemical, called coagulogen” read article : the blood harvest
HIS NAME IS “HOLIDAY”
— “it’s a friendship that wouldn’t happen in the wild, but cure some of the loneliness for an animal on the edge of extinction” read article : scientists hope frozen zoo will save endangered species
CANINE CONSERVATION
— “the job of a human in a tenth of the time” read article : dog squad
LISTENING TO MARY OLIVER
listen, onbeing.org : mary oliver
DADDY EATS ALL
— “the female gave birth, the male immediately ate all piglets, and then ate her rear end” read article : zoo worker claims litter of critically endangered visayan warty pigs were eaten
NEW TIGER TRIPLETS
read article: sumatran triplets born at chester zoo view video : 05/01/2015
TIGER POPULATION UP
“The population of tigers has increased in India from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014.” read article: India’s tiger population increases by 30% in past three years
SMALL PROPHESIERS
— “researchers at the university of california at berkeley think that infrasound, sound with a frequency too low to be detected by humans – was the early warning sign” read articles: birds predict tornadoes, golden-winged warblers hear tornadoes 250 miles away
RARE SHARK BIRTH CAUGHT ON CAMERA
“A remarkable photograph of the live birth of a thresher shark has cast light on the lives of these elusive, vulnerable fish.” read article: here
UGLY ANIMALS
“Unlike their cute and fluffy cousins in the animal kingdom, the plight of these rancid animals is relatively unknown. The Ugly Animal Preservation Society was set up to champion the cause of endangered creatures with no friends.” read article: We can’t all be pandas! buy book: The Ugly Animals: We Can’t All Be Pandas
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