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The Everglade Snail Kite Is Making a Comeback

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Native snails lay 20-50 eggs at a time during the spring. Exotic snails lay 300-500 eggs at a time, lay eggs throughout the year, and are more resistant to environmental changes. Eggs of the native apple snail (left), and the exotic apple snail (right). Snail Kites now favor these ponds and breed around them.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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December 15, 2010 The US Federal Government seeks to sue BP and other corporations for unlimited liability and pursue them to cover all the costs of the clean-up, including damages to natural resources. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. This behavior is likely to reduce resource competition by exploiting fruit that is too large for smaller frugivores. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”. Unfortunately, the other hornbill species are not nearly as adaptable.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Because, Ms. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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