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Video: Patagonian whales
photo by Edith Schreurs (Flickr CC) After summering in Antarctic waters, pods of southern right whales began arriving in Argentine waters yesterday. The whales are providing tourists with a rare treat...
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Video: Baby gorilla b-day at SD Zoo
I’m not a big fan of zoos, but I have to admit if it weren’t for these animal prisons (or conservation centers, whichever you prefer) I’d have never seen many of the fascinating animals we all know and...
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Video: world’s largest captive crocodile
photo by MartyWilliams (Wikimedia Commons) The biggest captive crocodile in the world’s status was recently confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records. Lolong, a massive salt water crocodile,...
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Whale-watching vs. whale-whacking
minke whale, photo: Blake Maybank (Flickr CC) It’s been a bad week for whales. First, a proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic was rejected at the International Whaling Commission...
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Flooding in India kills 600 animals in nature park
photo by gosef (Flickr CC) A couple of weeks ago severe storms ravaged parts of the United States. The UK experienced the wettest June on record and July has been just as wet. Flash floods and freak...
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Dolphin news…
As I’m heading for the Greek islands this week I hope I shall encounter those most intelligent of sea creatures while cooling my soon to be frying skin in clear azure waters. I’m referring, of course,...
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Can human noise kill birds?
Sparrows are the most widely distributed bird in the world and found virtually everywhere. They are endemic to most of Europe and much of Asia, but have been spread around the world by human...
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Fish restoration success in Pacific Northwest
photo: USFWS Pacific (Flickr CC) In Port Angeles, Washington State, USA a rare wildlife success story is taking place. The first wild steelhead trout has been seen in 100 years, since the construction...
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Manatee news…
If you’re not from Florida, you wouldn’t have thought it, but manatees often make the news in the Sunshine State. For example, did you know that there are professional manatee spotters working in south...
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Small wind turbines harm bats
photo by Jessicajil (Flickr CC) It’s not easy being eco-friendly and energy independent. Just ask the bats that live near small wind turbines. I hate reading news like this, but we must not be blind to...
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Eyeless, lungless amphibian looks like a…
photo: Juliano Tupan (Wikimedia Commons) I don’t mean to lower the tone of the website by posting about an animal that looks like a male generative organ, but I’m going to do just that. This slimy...
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Wolf news: lupine dateline
wild wolf in Montana, USA, photo by Ellie Attebery (Flickr CC) Across the globe it’s once again humans vs. wolves. This timeless battle has changed its face from hunters and farmers simply shooting...
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Great whites – endangered or danger?
photo by Jenna Rose Robbins (Flickr CC) According to a piece in the New York Times, great white sharks are responsible for most overall shark attacks world wide as well as most fatal and unprovoked...
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Australian fisherman treads water among sharks for 20 hours
photo by Xvic (Wikimedia Commons) After posting about sharks yesterday I stumbled upon a remarkable and tragic story containing humans and sharks, which occurred just last week. Three men left on a...
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Elephant news: from cradle to grave
image credit: Thomas Breuer (Wikimedia Commons) Seems some elephants are getting a bit of European style social welfare lately. Captive ones, that is. Oh, and only some captive elephants. Those in...
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Video: Gorilla family reunion
Gorillas at Longleat Safari Park, photo by Generalnoir (Flickr CC) Two gorilla brothers were successfully reunited at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, UK. Alf and big brother silverback Kesho – now...
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Where to see wild orangutans in Malaysia
Wild mother and baby orangutans. Pic: karma-police (Flickr CC). Malaysia, along with Indonesia, is the only place in the world where one can witness orangutans in the wild. These solitary but social...
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UK supermarket meat wrangle is globalist horseplay
(Never has a story invited so many bad puns) Hi and welcome back to The Fudge. I was just finishing up a delicious horseburger I purchased at Aldi. Don’t get me wrong, I like Tesco, but they just...
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Hunting pythons in the Everglades: Turns out they’re full of mercury
Shooting giant snakes in the Florida Everglades may sound like an exciting and exotic opportunity for many hunters. In fact, the state’s recent Python Challenge attracted over 1,500 participants,...
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Chimp News!
It’s a bit like Karl Pilkington’s Monkey News, except it’s “more truer”. Apparently – that is, according to some science people – chimpanzees have better memories than people, enjoy solving puzzles and...
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