► The Official Animal Wildlife & Nature Thread (feel free to post pics, articles. vids, links, Youtube, Twitter, IG, etc)

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The Mysterious, Vexing, and Utterly Engrossing Search for the Origin of Eels | Hakai Magazine

To save endangered eels, researchers have been working for decades to figure out where they reproduce.

hakaimagazine.com

The Eternal Life of Beached Whales | Hakai Magazine

Sure, they stink, but when we hastily dispose of dead whales, we’re depriving myriad organisms and the coastal environment of the ecological gifts the carcasses deliver.

hakaimagazine.com

The Paradox of Salmon Hatcheries | Hakai Magazine

The golden dream of hatcheries was to make more fish. The reality is much more complicated.

hakaimagazine.com

It’s 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Cat Is? | Hakai Magazine

In Iceland, traditionally a land of cat lovers, bans and curfews are redefining the human relationship with domestic cats.

hakaimagazine.com

Features | Hakai Magazine

When disaster strikes along British Columbia’s coast, Indigenous rescuers are often the first on the scene. Government-led initiatives are now formally recognizing that work.

hakaimagazine.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Watch: Orca predators take down large minke whale

Two families of killer whales worked in tandem to bring down the nine-metre minke, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

Watch: Meet the giant tortoise who roams around Vancouver

One of the most interesting pets in the city is a friendly ol' tort

www.vancouverisawesome.com

'Perplexing problem': Whale mystery solved by B.C. scientists

A new study sheds light on why whales don't get brain damage when they swim.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Mindbending Experiment Fused Rat Brains With Human Neurons

After eight months, the human cells had been fully incorporated into the rat’s brain.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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[peter.parker1]

The ULTIMATE G it's like he was just messing around with some random catz from your hood !!! Damn

 

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[Helico-pterFunk]

Lack of rain on Vancouver Island puts spawning salmon in danger

Many streams on Vancouver Island are running too dry and too warm at a critical time when salmon are ready to spawn and create the next generation.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

 

[havelcok]

a real unit

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Incredibly impressive. Just walking by.

 

[havelcok]

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Daaaaaaaaaaamn.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Bear vs. bin: Video shows B.C. bear struggling to get into secured garbage

Social media video showing a black bear struggling to break into a Squamish, B.C., garbage bin is highlighting the importance of properly securing attractants – especially at this time of year.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Prowling cougar spotted on trail camera north of Campbell River, B.C.

Ryan Yardley and his girlfriend set up the camera after they spotted a cougar mom and her kitten running across the highway outside Campbell River late last month.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

 

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[Helico-pterFunk]

Insane Scene: Whale Shocks A Fishermen Bumping His Boat As It Comes Up To The Surface!

A whale shocks fishermen just off the coast of New Jersey, bumping their boat as it breaches the surface. Posted By PSmooth

worldstar.com

 

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Monkey Attends Funeral Of Man Who Used To Feed Him, Tries To Wake Him Up!

Posted By Abdul

worldstar.com

Only In Russia: Buddy Got A Whole Bear Living With Him!

Posted by Abdul

worldstar.com

 

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Gave No F*cks: Honey Badger Walks Off Like A Boss After Defeating 3 Leopards!

Tiktok @latestsightings Posted By PSmooth

worldstar.com

 

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Deer Evades A Coyote Capture By Blending In With Bison!

Up Slough Creek, in Yellowstone National Park, on Saturday, October 15, 2022 (the day the East Entrance Road reopened after June flood damage) the bison were stampeding off and on, so I was taking some phone video when a mule deer sprinted into the frame, pursued by a coyote. Genius-level...

worldstar.com

Cold World: Life Comes At You Fast Sometimes!

Posted by Abdul

worldstar.com

Turned That MF Into A Backwood Real Quick: That Spider Wasted No Time Showing That Wasp Wassup!

Posted by JR

worldstar.com

What Could Go Wrong? Texas Woman Gets Too Close To Bison At Canyons State Park!

Via: @rebeccaclark A Texas woman was literally gored by a bison at Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway. According to the woman, Rebecca Clark, she was just trying to pass the bison and be on her way. Unfortunately the bison felt threatened as she was too close. That's when the animal...

worldstar.com

 

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That Last One Though: Duck Loses Its Entire Ducklings Just Like That!

That Last One Though. Posted By PSmooth

worldstar.com

Who Cleaning This Up? This Is What You Call A Very Fishy Situation!

Who Cleaning This Up? Posted By PSmooth

worldstar.com

Horrifying Moment: President Of The Mexican Hunting Federation Gets Killed By Buffalo He Just Shot At!

Mario Alberto Canales, president of the Mexican Hunting Federation (FEMECA), died last Friday in the Argentine province of Entre Ríos when he was rammed by a buffalo he had shot. Posted By Ghost

worldstar.com

WYD In This Situation? This Chick's Dog Ate Her Money!

Hope that wasn't her rent money. Posted By Ghost

worldstar.com

 

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Washington woman suffers 'significant' injuries after bear attack

A Washington state woman out walking her dog survived a bear attack after whacking the beast right in its nose, but not escaping without suffering significant injuries to her 'head and groin,' area.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Washington state woman survives bear attack by punching animal’s nose

Woman was taking dog out when she was ‘charged by an adult female black bear’ and sustained non-life threatening injuries

www.theguardian.com

Woman sustains significant injuries in bear attack near Leavenworth

The victim, a woman in her sixties, was walking her dog in her neighborhood just outside of Leavenworth when she was attacked by the bear, according to CCSO’s chief of patrol, Adam Musgrove.

www.kiro7.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Photos: Wyoming Wrestlers Fight Off Grizzly Attack with Bare Hands

On Oct. 15, 21-year-old Brady Lowry and his Northwest College wrestling teammate Kendall Cummings were mauled by a grizzly while shed hunting near Cody, Wyoming. In an unusually gruesome double-attack, the beast sent both friends to the emergency room—Cummings by life-flight with horrific head...

www.themeateater.com

^ Damn ... there's a photo at this link which is crime scene / horror movie-worthy.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Wyoming college wrestlers ambushed in gruesome grizzly bear attack while hunting

"I could hear when his teeth would hit my skull, I could feel when he'd bite down on my bones and they'd kind of crunch."

abc7ny.com

Connecticut family find a bear at their home after it broke in

On Sunday, Bill Vannie was working on the front yard of his West Harftord home when he decided to grab a refreshment from inside, where he found the bear, according to his wife, Christine.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Predatory grizzly bear returned to kill camper after being scared off

Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, was dragged out of her tent and mauled by a grizzly bear in the pre-dawn hours of July 6, 2021 in the small town of Ovando, Montana.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Obese rescue beagle loses 63LBS after going on strict health regimen

Chad Schatz and Erin McManis, both 40, from Phoenix, Arizona, have been documenting their dog Wolfgang's physical transformation on Instagram.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Removing notes from Mendelssohn overture shows plight of humpback whales

Hebrides Redacted is meant to show “how human activities have silenced nature.”…

arstechnica.com

Researchers make cyborg cockroaches that carry their own power packs

Solar cell and a battery can keep the cyborg’s electronics running for weeks.

arstechnica.com

Meet the first wild bison born in Britain in 6,000 YEARS

A baby bison has been born in the wild in the UK for the first time in more than 6,000 years. The new arrival came just three months after bison were reintroduced to the woods near Canterbury.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Glue trap warning: B.C. wildlife rescue group seeing birds, bats getting caught

The Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. is issuing a warning about the use of glue traps, after seeing an uptick in admissions related to the pest control method.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Cowichan Valley hobby farmer warns of cougar attacks on livestock

A hobby farmer in Cobble Hill, B.C., has a warning for people living along Telegraph Road. Two of her sheep were killed by a cougar that has recently moved into the area.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

'Sit there and wait': Campbell River filmmaker captures black bear hunting salmon

A filmmaker who was attempting to record salmon spawning on Vancouver Island instead captured incredible video of black bears trying to eat the fish.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

Scientists discover new 'oasis of life' in the Maldives

A new ecosystem has been discovered 1,640 feet (500 metres) underwater by University of Oxford researchers, where swarms of trapped plankton are feasted upon by sharks and large fish.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

A face only a mother could love: Terrifying photo shows what an ant looks like close up

No, this photo doesn't portray one of the new creatures on HBO's "House of the Dragon," or an outtake from a horror movie. It's an award-winning close-up photo of ... an ant.

www.cnn.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/24/ant-face-close-up-photo/

This Close-Up of an Ant’s Face Will Scar You Forever

The image is one of many in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition that reveals the devil is definitely in the details.

hyperallergic.com

 

[doug777]

I think I saw this on The Walking Dead.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Large grizzly relocated after killing 3 miniature horses near B.C.-Alberta border

Conservation officers have relocated a large grizzly bear after the animal attacked and killed three miniature horses on a farm near the B.C.-Alberta border.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Gorilla FLIPS OFF two sisters as mother films them at Colorado zoo

A cheeky gorilla named 'Bob' has flipped off two sisters as their mother films them at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Humpback whale found dead in B.C. likely killed by vessel strike

Researchers have now completed the necropsy of a humpback whale that washed ashore earlier this week on Malcom Island, B.C., and early indications are that the mammal died after being hit by a vessel.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

 

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[Helico-pterFunk]

How Genes Can Leap From Snakes to Frogs | Quanta Magazine

The discovery of a hot spot for horizontal gene transfer draws attention to the possible roles of parasites and ecology in such changes.

www.quantamagazine.org

Lab-Grown Human Cells Form Working Circuits in Rat Brains | Quanta Magazine

Letting human brain organoids grow in animal brains could be an ethical new option for experimental studies of neurological disorders.

www.quantamagazine.org

How Do Fireflies Flash in Sync? Studies Suggest a New Answer. | Quanta Magazine

Field research suggests a new explanation for the synchronized flashing in fireflies and confirms that a novel form of “chimeric” synchrony occurs naturally.

www.quantamagazine.org

Record-Breaking Robot Highlights How Animals Excel at Jumping | Quanta Magazine

Robots can surpass the limitations on how high and far animals can jump, but their success only underscores nature’s ingenuity in making the most of what’s available.

www.quantamagazine.org

Electric Fish Genomes Reveal How Evolution Repeats Itself | Quanta Magazine

By studying how electric organs arose in different lineages of fish, scientists gain new insights into a long-standing question of evolutionary biology.

www.quantamagazine.org

 

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Geometric Analysis Reveals How Birds Mastered Flight | Quanta Magazine

Partnerships between engineers and biologists have begun to reveal how birds evolved their superb maneuverability.

www.quantamagazine.org

Hidden Chaos Found to Lurk in Ecosystems | Quanta Magazine

New research finds that chaos plays a bigger role in population dynamics than decades of ecological data seemed to suggest.

www.quantamagazine.org

Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity | Quanta Magazine

The lush biodiversity of the Amazon may be due in part to the dynamics of branching rivers, which serve as invisible fences that continuously barricade and merge bird populations.

www.quantamagazine.org

Why ‘De-Extinction’ Is Impossible (But Could Work Anyway) | Quanta Magazine

Several projects are aiming to bring back mammoths and other species that have vanished from the planet. Whether that’s technically possible is beside the point.

www.quantamagazine.org

What Happens When We Give Animals Our Diseases? | Quanta Magazine

While it’s understandable to focus on the diseases affecting humans, it’s important to study how our illnesses may affect animals.

www.quantamagazine.org

Flying Fish and Aquarium Pets Yield Secrets of Evolution | Quanta Magazine

New studies reveal the ancient, shared genetic “grammar” underpinning the diverse evolution of fish fins and tetrapod limbs.

www.quantamagazine.org

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

The Predator That Makes Great White Sharks Flee in Fear

Better to run than to have your liver squeezed out.

getpocket.com

 

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Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to Florida

Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine researchers who returned last week from a six-day cruise organized by...

ca.news.yahoo.com

 

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