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Researchers Are Blaming The Long-Lasting Marine Heat Wave, Called “The Blob,” For The Largest Mass Die-Offs Of Seabirds, Known As Murres, In The Pacific Northwest. About 1 Million Birds Have Been Said To Have Washed Ashore From California to Alaska In 2015 And 2016 Due To The Heat Wave Effect On The Marine Ecosystem Food Supply. Hmm!

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Researchers, Comparing The Behavioral Differences Btw Wolves And Dogs, Made A Shocking Discovery That Wolves Can Also Play Fetch When They Observed 3 Wolf Pups Retrieve A Ball For A Complete Stranger. This Is Because It’s Been Hypothesized That The Ability To Understand Human Cues, Like Those Required For Fetch, Arose In Domesticated Dogs >15,000 YA.

Researchers Are Indicating That One Of The Largest Freshwater Fishes, The Giant Chinese Paddlefish, Has Gone Extinct, Probably Btw Years 2005 and 2010, Due To Over-Fishing And A Major Dam Construction In 1981. This’s Worrisome That A Fish, Which Survived At Least 150Myrs, Including Dinosaur Extinction, Went Extinct Due To Human Activites.

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An Eye Surgeon, Dr. Chris Heichel, Who Has Performed Eye Surgery On Thousands Of Humans, But Not On Any Other Primate Type, Has For The First Time Successfully Performed Cataract Surgery On A 3-Yr-Old Gorilla Called Leslie. Cataracts Are Common With Aging, But Leslie Got Hers From An Injury.

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A Very Rare Albino Lobster Was Caught By A Fisherman Off The Coast Of Yorkshire In The United Kingdom. The Lobster Is said To Be Albino Due To A Genetic Condition Called Leucism, Which Leaves The Lobsters With No Pigment. The Lobster Is Being Displayed At The National Trust Visitor Center Near Whitby, In North Yorkshire.

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Recently Discovered Penguin Species Kupoupou Stilwelli, In New Zealand, May Be The Missing Link Btw Modern Penguins And The Extinct Human-Sized (>5Ft Tall) Penguins, E.G., Crossvallia Waiparensis. Kupoupou Is The Oldest Known Penguin, Similar In Size To Modern Penguins, Which lived Around 60-62.5 Mya After Dinosaur Extinction 66 Mya.

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A Study Of 70,000 Birds From 52 North American Migratory Bird Specimen Is Indicating That The Body Size Of Birds Shrank By ~2.6% While Their Wingspan Length Grew ~1.3% During A 38-Year Period (1978 to 2016), As A Result Of Global Warming. Scientists Are Of The Opinion That These Changes May Be Adaptive To Maintain The Birds’ Lifestyle.

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Every 5 Years, In December, The Largest Animal Sacrifice Is Carried Out In Nepal, During Gadhimai Festival, To Appease Goddess Gadhimai. The Animals Decapitated With Blunt Metal Swords Range From Buffalos, Goats, Chickens, Pigs, Rats, And Pigeons. The Number Of Animals Killed, In 2014, Is ~30,000 Due To Efforts Of Animal Rights Groups.

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Most Of Us Know That Crows Are Smart And Can Hold Grudges. And Now, According To A Recent Study, Crows, Like The New Caledonian Crows, Can Delay Gratification As Well As 3 to 5-Year-Old Kids. And The Degree To Which They Would Delay Gratification Depend On The Quality And Visibility Of Future Rewards.

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Pretty Mysterious Creature, Called “The Blob,” Which Appears To Be A Fungi But Behaves Like An Animal. The Blob Is Said To Have About 720 Sexes, And With Some Degree Of Intelligence For Resolving Problems. The Salt Hating Creature Is Also Said To Be Able To Transmit Knowledge With One Another When Fused Together.

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The Right Whale, An Endangered Species With Only 500 Known Species Left, Is Said To Make Sounds That Could Be Heard A Km Away. But The Pairs Of Calves And Mother Reduce This Long Distance Sounds To A Whisper (Audible Within 100m Range) To Avoid Eavesdropping By Predators, E.G, Orcas, Which Are Known To Attack The Calves.

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Many Elephants Are Held In Captivity For Research, Conservation, And Tourism. But, According To A Recent Study, Asian Elephants Held In Captivity Are Hindered In Reproduction For Over A Decade. And Calves, From Captured Females, Have Lower Survival Rates. ~16,000 Asian Elephants Are Held In Captivity In Countries Like Myanmar And India.

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California Is At The Forefront Of Major Changes Including Those That Relate To Animal Rights. It Became The First US State To Ban The Sale And Manufacture Of Animal Furs. The Ban Exempts Leather, Cow Hides And The Full Skin Of Deer, Sheep, And Goats. A Bill Has Also Been Signed To Ban Most Animals From Circus Use.

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The Previous Studies That Indicated That Flies Are Less Likely To Land On Black And White Surfaces Seem To Be True As Japanese Researchers Have Discovered Via Their Cow Experiment. The Researchers Found That Painting Cows With Zebra-Like Stripes Can Reduce, By Nearly 50%, The Number Of Biting Flies That Attack Cows.

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A New Nematode Species Was Discovered In Mono Lake, CA, Where High PH (10), Salt Conc. And Arsenic Levels, Which Can Kill A Person 500X Over, Exist. The Nematode, Auanema Sp., Has 3 Sexes And Carries Its Offspring Like A Kangaroo. And It Could Teach Humans To Better Adapt To Stress And Arsenic-Contaminated Drinking Water.

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Birds Are Disappearing From North America, And It Is Not Because They Are Migrating Elsewhere. A Recent Report Is Indicating That The Bird Population In The US And Canada Has Declined By 3 billion, Or 29% In The Last 50 Years. And This Is Due To Many Factors, Including Important Ones Like Habitat Loss And Wider Use Of Pesticides.

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A New Species Of Salamander, Said To Be The Biggest Amphibian In The World, May Have Been Discovered. The Discovery Was Made From A Salamander, Known As China Giant Salamander, Which Lived In London Zoo For 20 Years Before Being Preserved, For 74 Years, At The Natural History Museum. The Species Is Presumed To Still Live In The Wild.

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It Would Have Been Weird To Find 15 Dead Cows And 8 Calves In A Straight Line Along A Wire Fence If The Discovery Was Not Made A Few Days After A Lighting Storm. The Lighting, Via The Fence Wire, Probably Shocked The Animals To Death. The Incident Happened In Northeast Texas, On A Farm, Just Outside Of Annona.

A Fisherman Caught An Extremely Rare Lobster Off The Coast Of Maine, USA. The Odds Of Finding This Rare Two-Toned Lobster, With A Red And Brown Split-Color, Are 1 In 50 Million. While The Odds Of Finding An Albino Lobster Are 1 In 100 Million. The Two-Toned Lobster Is On Display At Discovery Wharf In Stonington, Maine. Cool!

The Strongest Known Living Electricity Source, Of The Three Species Of Electric Eels: Electrophorus voltai, Electrophorus electricus, And Electrophorus varii Is Electrophorus voltai, Which Scientists Say Can Generate 860 Volts of Electricity. Electric Eels Inspired Physicist Alessandro Volta First Battery Design In 1799.

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