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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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FWC officers arrived at a reptile facility and forcefully killed 29 reticulated pythons, 5 Burmese pythons, and 1 pregnant Boa constrictor. The FWC then proceeded to kill the total 34 pythons using a bolt gun. After killing Coffee's pythons, the FWC then committed another criminal act.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

I remember that when I was still a research chemist developing dental materials, I once gave a presentation at that university, which was followed by my receiving a hideous and very colorful plate as a gift afterward. Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

10,000 Birds

It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies. If you are afraid of spiders, you might want to get a pet Streaked Spiderhunter. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all. I am only joking! Birds should be free.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. Marc Hauser, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University, recently opened his own such research lab and has 1,000 dogs lined up as subjects. Other facilities are operating in the U.S. and Europe.

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). The first attempt in hunting was made by the male hornbill which was seen snapping at a passing swiftlet, but was unsuccessful. Then she tried to feed it to the remaining chicks.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

The majority of wildcats live today in Africa, and virtually none of them have provided the DNA from which supposed histories of domestication have been constructed by researchers. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. ” Many. Probably too many.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.