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Ruppy the glowing puppy

4 The Love Of Animals

The worlds’ first transgenic dog, Ruppy (short for Ruby Puppy), produces a fluorescent protein that glows red under ultraviolet light. Ruppy and four other beagles are the first dogs to glow, though the experiment has taken place in other animals. Lee was also part of a team that created the first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

10,000 Birds

It seems to me that the Red-billed Starling is getting more and more common in Shanghai (and apparently also in South Korea, see here ) – not bad given that it is quite an attractive bird. In fact, websites such as this one seem to offer package tours just to kill woodcocks.

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