A sensory organ discovered in the jaw of the world’s largest whales explains how the animals open their huge mouths so quickly, say scientists.
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How whales open their huge mouths
American Indians, who use dead eagles for traditional ceremonies, face long waits for the animals when they submit applications to the National Eagle Repository outside Denver.
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A Repository for Eagles Finds Itself In Demand
A British tourist who tried to protect a girl being mauled by captive cheetahs tells how the animals then turned on her.
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Tourist mauled by ‘tame’ cheetah
Kandula is a regular elephant Einstein. The youngest pachyderm at the National Zoo flashed a moment of insight when he rolled a cube under a tasty branch, stood on the cube and stretched his trunk to grab a treat. Never before had scientists seen such an “aha!” moment in elephants, even though the animals recognize themselves in mirrors, drop logs on fences to get to food and even dig wells. Read full article > >
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National Zoo elephant has an ‘aha’ moment
A second whale is found dead in a Hebridean loch after more than 60 of the animals were spotted in the area.
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After the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, many people were forced to leave their pets behind. One dog was rescued after what is believed to be three weeks at sea. Groups have worke d to provide care and shelter to the animals and to reunite them with their owners.
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Dog rescued in Japan; others reunite with owners
A critical milestone in panda breeding is reached, one that could kick-start attempts to reintroduce the animals to the wild.
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Giant panda breeding breakthrough
The UK’s first litter of Northern cheetah cubs born were born at Whipsnade Zoo recently, and their birth is largely due to a specially designed part of the animals’ enclosure.
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Cheetah’s blind date in Lovers’ Lane
Redefining the pictogram, these Japanese characters transform to the animals they describe by Meghan Killeen Transforming Japanese letters into a playful creatures, Bandai ‘s line of shape-shifting animals inform while entertaining. Called Mojibakeru (Moji is the Japanese word for “character” and bakeru means “to change”), the collection of six plastic toys represent 犬(dog), 虎(tiger), 魚(fish), 馬(horse), 鳥(bird) and 龍(dragon). Each character is available in black, white, yellow and blue, maximizing your language-bending skills. Each figure sells online for $9 from White Rabbit Express .
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