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AUGUST 11, 2023

I’ve heard that if humans or dogs approach seal pups too closely then their mothers will abandon them and I don’t understand why they abandon them. What makes the mother disassociate from her pup just because a dog went up to it submitted by /u/Popular-Twist-4087 [link] [comments]

Abandon 40

Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Seals 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

These two islands are about halfway between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica in the Subantarctic Indian Ocean, have had relatively few human visitors, and are primarily inhabited with some of the rarest seabirds in the world and a smaller number of mammals. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and and seabirders.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 262

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes?

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 254

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 228

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Like the other hornbills, it nests in a tree cavity, in which the female seals herself in using droppings and food remains. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 125