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Wild Animals Bloodlust
by Ezquara
Posted August 6th, 2010 at 12:12 am

While their teenage friends spend time texting pals and planning their next clothes shopping trip, 'twisted sisters' Sara and Katey Brandenburg are more likely to be taking aim at their next trophy animal with a high-powered rifle.Sara, 15, leads the way and is set to break a hunting world record for killing mountain sheep if she bags a 'stone sheep' this autumn.That will make her the youngest female to achieve the 'North American Grand Slam', an exclusive club of hunter...

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Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls
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Posted July 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am

In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have documented a wild cat species imitating the call of its intended victim: a small, squirrel-sized monkey known as a pied tamarin. This is the first recorded instance of a wild cat species in the Americas mimicking the calls of its prey. The extraordinary behavior was recorded by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and UFAM in the ...

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Pregnant Pandas To Be Released Back Into Wild
by Ezquara
Posted June 27th, 2010 at 11:46 am

Researchers in China plan to send pregnant pandas bred in captivity into the semi-wilderness in an effort to introduce their cubs to a natural environment. Zhang Hemin, head of the Wolong panda reserve in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, said one or two pregnant pandas would be released into a semiwild area by the end of the year. The release area would be fenced but similar to the wilderness, allowing Zhang and his colleagues to monitor the animals."The pandas will give birth in...

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The Dingo Is Smarter Than Pet Dogs
by Taanuu
Posted June 26th, 2010 at 12:04 am

Studies in the past have shown that wolves are smarter than domesticated dogs when it comes to solving spatial problems, and now new research has shown that dingoes also solve the problems well.The dingo is considered a “pure” prehistoric dog, which was brought to Australia tens of thousands of years ago by the Aborigines. While they have in the past been associated with humans, they have adapted to surviving “wild” in the Australian outback. The dingo lies somewhere between ...

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China To Train Pandas To Survive In Wild
by Ezquara
Posted May 31st, 2010 at 12:03 am

China plans to build a center where giant pandas born in captivity will be trained to survive in the wild, state media reported Thursday.The $8.8 million (60 million yuan) center will be located in Sichuan province's Dujiangyan city, according to Zhang Zhihe, the head of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The facility is expected to house three to five giant pandas when it is completed within five years. The center will include 21....

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Supercats That May Still Be Too Wild For A Family Home
by Taanuu
Posted November 29th, 2009 at 12:02 am

Supercats” closely descended from wild animals represent a danger to other pets and even small children, animal welfare groups fear. Mild-mannered moggies are increasingly being replaced by new breeds in which African or South American wildcats have been crossbred with domestic cats.Despite price-tags of up to £6,000 for new kittens, breeders report waiting lists of up to six months. The savannah, the most popular, is bred from a serval, a cheetah-like wildcat found in Africa. It can grow...

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Taronga Zoo Hand-Rears A Wombat
by Taanuu
Posted November 27th, 2009 at 12:00 am

Just today (Australia time) the Taronga Zoo unveiled their newest baby wombat. Baby Matari will be hand-reared at the zoo. In the wild, wombat moms are professional diggers and rarely take maternity leave. For this reason they have backwards facing pouches (unlike most other marsupials) to protect their young from flying dirt and rocks. (source) ...

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Baby White Rhino Born At Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
by Taanuu
Posted November 25th, 2009 at 12:01 am

Just like you, we're suckers for adorable baby animals, and the new baby white rhinoceros at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, Florida, more than fits the bill. Just look at those big feet! She's not even as big as her mama's head! The 100-pound (yowza!) baby was born last Wednesday, November 11, to Mlaleni and Tambo. This rhino pair's first calf, Malaika, was born in 2004 and was the first white rhino birth in Busch Gardens' history. The newborn female is their fourth calf and brings the park'...

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Largest Wild Animal In Britain Is 300lb, 9ft Stag
by Ezquara
Posted October 12th, 2009 at 12:12 am

Measuring 9ft tall, weighing in at 300lbs and known as the Exmoor Emperor, this stag is thought to be the largest wild animal in Britain. The annual mating season for deer is on and the wild stag has been spotted near the Devon-Somerset border. Weighing in at more than 300 lbs - and standing nearly nine feet from hoof to antler-tip - the stag has been identified by a local authority on wild deer as a "truly magnificent" example of the species. "Red deer stags are the biggest indigenous la...

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Super Size Meeeeeee-oooow
by Ezquara
Posted October 6th, 2009 at 12:08 am

Because having just a plain old cat won't do, Brits are now breeding super cats. What's a Super Cat you ask? Take your average domestic cat, breed it with a wild exotic like a Savannah or a Geoffrey and you get a 35 lb. super-duper cat with claws, teeth and jaw muscles to match its hefty weight, reports the Daily Mail.Beyond the fact that a half-exotic could cause some serious harm to a child or small animal, you'd need a litter box the size of a sandbox! Despite safety and litter box ...

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Creatures Nearing Extinction
by Ezquara
Posted September 4th, 2009 at 12:04 am

Typically, a species becomes extinct 10 million years after its first appearance. Up to 99.9% of all species that have ever existed have become extinct Amazonian manatee These large, gentle mammals have forelimbs that have modified into flippers, and a paddle at the rear of their body. When Douglas and I set off to find them 20 years ago, we only saw a pair of nostrils disappearing underwater. But Stephen and I found a rescue centre, where an orphaned manatee was about to be released i...

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The Rhino Cowboy
by Ezquara
Posted September 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 am

They are famed for their vicious tempers, so images of this wild bull rhino ridden bareback by a warden are truly remarkable.The two-tonne beast formed an extraordinary bond with keeper James Ndlolvu after he was critically injured. The white rhino, nicknamed Dennis the Menace, spent 17 months recovering at the Moholoholo reserve in the Limpopo province of South Africa, following a fight with another dominant animal. But despite being released back into the wild, the 12-year-old regular...

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Orangutans Make Musical Instruments, But Not To Party
by Ezquara
Posted August 26th, 2009 at 1:11 am

They may not take requests, but orangutans play musical instruments. In fact, they're the only non-human animals to do so, and new research explains why they do it. The hairy apes strip leaves from trees, fold them, hold them to their mouths and make a "kiss-squeak" sound, primatologist Madeleine Hardus told Paw Nation. Hardus, a researcher at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, studied wild orangutans in Indonesian Borneo and observed their music-making first-hand. "To our k...

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