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Calgary Zoo in Big Trouble

Critter News

A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked. The stingrays passed away right after an interactive display opened that let visitors put their hands on them. The audit was requested after a capybara, a giant central American rodent, was pounded to death when a staff member shut a hydraulic door.

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Greater Rheas: Germany’s new Big Bird

10,000 Birds

Nestled right in the middle of Europe, we have a little bit of everything, a nice cross section of Europe’s avifauna. It is not unusual to drive by a farm building and see a bunch of Greater Rheas on the farm’s fenced-in pasture next to sheep or goats. Germany is underrated as a birding destination.

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