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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

I had the snot bitten out of my thumb by a squirrel who didn’t want a bath,” said Shannon Keith. “I Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter. This photo may look like the work of a baby bobcat, but actually it was one of two squirrels Kim Cassidy overwintered. “He It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”.

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Striding Snake-killers

10,000 Birds

They typically dispatch a snake by stomping on it with their heavily armored legs and feet, accurately directing their rear talons at the skull to effect a swift mortal wound to the head. As do a diverse suite of other wildlife from lions and zebras to ground squirrels and meerkats. Watching them hunt is fascinating.

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