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Play the silly word game my spouse and I came up with: "The Lazy Naturalist"

Reddit Animals

Sometimes on long car rides, my spouse and I try to think of fun little games to play with words. "The Lazy Naturalist" is a game about identifying animals whose common names reference other animals. You play the game merely by discovering and sharing with me/us the name of a real animal. However, it is a wasp.

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

One of my most memorable outings was a night-time game drive in Kenya when we saw an aardvark and a zorilla, so we ticked off both the first mammal in the field guide’s index, and the last. I’ve also sat for hours in unabated hides in Bulgaria where it’s a matter of luck whether you see a bear or not. They particularly like chocolate!)

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You VS Cat; First ever duel species tablet game

4 The Love Of Animals

Have you ever wanted to play a game with your cat on your iPad? Friskies just introduced the first duel-species tablet game, “You vs. Cat,” available for iPad and iPad2 tablet devices. You vs. Cat” is the first tablet game designed for human and cat to play together. Let us know if you download the game! Now you can!

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Black Bear

Animal Person

  Black Bear.   Enter Black Bear Crestfallen, I schlepped my sorry self from my minuscule apartment, across the Village Green toward the coffee shop. And then the whole lot of backslapping, ecstatic locals entered the coffee shop, as the once-mighty bear lie writhing in pain. How could I have been so wrong?

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Lake Tahoe Bear Poached for Gall Bladder

Critter News

State wildlife officials are investigating a possible poaching case in which someone removed the gallbladder of a black bear -- which can sell for thousands of dollars in Asia -- after the animal was struck and killed this week by a car in the Lake Tahoe area. A surgical glove was discovered next to the bear's mutilated carcass. "It

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting. The refuge is already open to migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting, and sport fishing. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge : Expand migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting, and big game hunting. The refuge is already open to sport fishing.

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Birding Dulan County, Qinghai

10,000 Birds

The Bearded Vulture looks surprisingly like the Night King in “Game of Thrones” Probably not a coincidence. If you want to learn more about being miserable and do not know Misery Bear, please watch this video. Good for animals, of course – particularly some shy mammals. A juvenile nearby.

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