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Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other for the first time. They hope the research could one day help better protect them. Like many whales and dolphins, sperm whales are highly social mammals and communicate by squeezing air through their respiratory systems to make strings of rapid clicks that can sound like an extremely loud zipper underwater. The clicks are also used as a form of echolocation to help them track their prey. Scientists have been trying for decades to un...
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Originally appearing after the 1989 earthquake, these marine mammals have become a beloved tourist attraction, drawing crowds to witness their playful antics. Biologists attribute the surge to an abundance of anchovies in the Bay, attracting the sea lions as they make a pit stop before heading south for mating season. While the surge tests the limits of the pier's barges, local businesses are hopeful that the increased foot traffic will boost tourism in the area.
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Emerging cicadas are so loud in one US county that residents are calling the sheriff's office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. The Newberry County Sheriff's Office in South Carolina sent out a message on Facebook on Tuesday letting people know that the whining sound is just the male cicadas singing to attract mates after more than a decade of being dormant. "We have had several calls about a noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar. The sound is cicadas," it reads. Some people have even flagged down deputies to ask what the noise is all about, Newberry Co...
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New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. Politicians have long come up with creative ways to battle the rodents, but some lawmakers are now proposing city and statewide measures to do more. In New York City, the idea to distribute rat contraceptives got fresh attention in city government last week following the death of an escaped zoo owl, known as Flaco, who was found dead with rat poison in his system. City Council Member Shaun Abreu p...
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Firefighters from the Sumy region branch of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service rescued five puppies while they were battling a blaze at a non-residential in the city of Sumy. The puppies escaped the blaze unharmed and were returned to their mother.
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The Miami Seaquarium, an old-Florida style tourist attraction that was home to Lolita, the beloved Orca that died last year, is being evicted from the waterfront property it leases from Miami-Dade County. County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava cited a “long and troubling history of violations” in a lease termination notice sent on Thursday to the chief executive officer of The Dolphin Company, which owns the Seaquarium. The company was told to vacate the property by 21 April, according to the letter from the mayor's office. “They have been the subject of continuous violations, including decaying an...
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A panda couple currently living in a zoo in Madrid are to be sent home to China in an attempt to help them produce new cubs. Hua Zui Ba, 20 and Bing Xing, 23 will be sent home to the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base in southwestern China to take part in a breeding programme. The panda couple have lived in Madrid since 2007. They will be replaced by a new panda sent by the China Wildlife Conversation Association. Three cubs they have already birthed will stay in Madrid. The giant panda is native to central China and is loaned to zoos around the world as part of a conservation programme.
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Is your adorable puppy or kitten as bad for the planet as a petrol-guzzling car? While the precise carbon pawprint of our furry friends is still a source of debate, one thing is clear: cats and dogs do have an impact on the planet. How? Their diet is the biggest contributor to their carbon footprint, which requires energy, land, and water to produce. One of the most often cited studies was conducted by Gregory Okin, a geography professor at UCLA. According to his 2017 study, feeding dogs and cats creates the equivalent of around 64 million tons of carbon dioxide in the US each year. That’s rou...
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The lid has been lifted on the secret world of keeping wild animals as pets, thanks to new data. Bush vipers, cheetahs, a caiman and even a lynx were found to be living around the UK The data comes from wildlife charity Born Free and reveals the full extent of exotic animal ownership in the UK. Their new data paints a disturbing picture of more than 2,700 dangerous wild animals legally residing in British homes under licences permitted by the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. The menagerie of wild pets includes more than 200 wild cats, 250 primates and 400 venomous snakes. The complete regional...
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Cape Town experienced a particularly foul stench earlier this week. The reason? A ship docked in the South African city’s harbour, carrying 19,000 live cattle. The vessel was stopped on its way from Brazil to Iraq and the smell emanating from it has caused Cape Town authorities to open an investigation. Initially, officials suspected that a sewage facility may have leaked, before the source of the stench was discovered. It was only a temporary stopover, to the relief of residents - and, on Wednesday, the vessel headed on to its destination of Iraq. However, while in South Africa, the ship - wh...
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