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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

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There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting into two species (yay! — maybe, more later) and to name the new species “Eastern Painted Bunting” and “Western Painted Bunting” (no!).

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The Brown and Peruvian Pelicans

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The Brown Pelican and the Peruvian Pelican are closely related and once were considered the same species. The plight of pelicans, raptors, and other species led to a ban on DDT in 1972 and a reduction in endrin use, allowing pelican numbers to rise. Abandoned fishing line also threatens pelicans along with many marine animals.

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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

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Another animal dies at the Calgary Zoo and more questions are being raised about their practices. The Calgary Zoo is again under scrutiny as details emerged Friday about how a capybara, a species of giant South American rodent, died after becoming caught in a hydraulic door last weekend as it was being moved from one area to another.

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Where Tulips Come From (It Ain’t Holland)

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Kazakhstan, May 2009 During the two days spent out in the steppe in Kazakhstan I couldn’t help but notice the sheer number of flowers that dotted the grassy steppe. Did some kind of animal eat the tulips and spread them in its droppings? No, no, and no! The Dutch didn’t get tulips until at least the mid to late 1500s.

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Cute of the Day: Baby Bongo

4 The Love Of Animals

The gestation period for this species is 9 to 9 ½ months. Cute of the Day: Baby Bongo originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 28, 2009. Cute of the Day: Baby Bongo originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 28, 2009. Tags: cute animal photos.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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Considering the fact that her lake lies conveniently close to the Moharli Gate, I suppose Telia would be the biggest earner of all the animals of Tadoba. In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months.

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Cute of the day: Baby White Rhino!

4 The Love Of Animals

Busch Gardens participates in the American Zoological and Aquarium Association (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) to ensure genetic diversification among threatened and endangered animals in zoological facilities. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 13, 2009. TAMPA, Fla. white, 9 and 3 black).