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Ligers in China

Critter News

A private zoo operator in Taiwan cross-bred lions and tigers, resulting in three "liger" cubs. Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. From Focus Taiwan. Tags: zoos taiwan tigers lion endangered species.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Short-tailed Albatross was thought to be, at one time, the most abundant species of albatross in the North Pacific. Somebody won a Nobel Prize.

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