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A Fierce Cartoon Bird: Steller’s Sea Eagle on Hokkaido

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Even the review has some interesting information – for example, a major predator of eagle nests is the Brown Bear. It is even more specific, stating that brown bears depredate 20 % of offspring on Sakhalin Island (but not on the mainland).

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Real talk

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Or what was a polar bear, we have been killing wild life since humans have appeared, and there’s nothing we can do about it at this point, the damage has been done, humans aren’t important, humans are a mistake. submitted by /u/Brunard0 [link] [comments]

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A couple of facts :D

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• Tigers and other big cats are able to mimic other animals, tigers in specific mimic deer, bear, cattle and monkeys and the South American Margay can mimic the call of baby monkeys to lore adults. " • Baluga Whales can also mimic voices, whilst on the topic of mimicry a Baluga often toyed with humans by saying "Out!"

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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While photographing the Brown Bears in the Russian Far East, a friend of mine, Jovan “Lucky” Lakatos, was with Michio Hoshino, Japanese-born nature photographer specialized in Alaskan wildlife and experienced in how to behave facing this apex predator. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. Those whose actions result in additional costs should bear them. The exploiter/developer pays.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. Instead, the entry asks us to “Please bear with us while this update takes place” A few months ago, I wrote an email to my bank asking them a specific question.

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How cold is it?

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It’s cold enough in Chicago—where our high temperature for the day was –2 degrees Farenheit—that the polar bear at the zoo spent the day inside. True, few hardy human souls are dedicated/crazy enough to go birding in these conditions (did I mention a windchill of –35?); Glad you asked. It’s cold enough to freeze vodka.