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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Petra Stock
After Tricia died, Perth Zoo’s last remaining female elephant, Permai, became withdrawn. “She lost her matriarch … that was her whole world,” says Jack Lemon, the zoo’s acting director of life sciences, of the once cheeky and affectionate elephant.
Three giant ‘doomsday fish’ wash up in one week, but harbinger of calamity a damp squib, say experts
3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Petra Stock
Bad luck comes in threes, according to the saying. And this week three ethereal oarfish, nicknamed “the doomsday fish”, have washed up on the shores of Australia and New Zealand. Two headless specimens were found near Dunedin and Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island, following the discovery of an oarfish on Tasmania’s west coast on Monday. But scientists say there is no evidence of any link between oarfish sightings and imminent natural disaster.
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3 weeks ago |
msn.com | Petra Stock
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Petra Stock
Sulphur-crested cockatoos in Sydney have worked out how to operate drinking fountains, with footage showing the white birds gripping and turning the handle before leaning in for a sip. Researchers set up camera traps and recorded the birds taking turns at a drinking fountain in western Sydney. Scientists observed more than 500 attempts over 44 days and revealed the birds were successful about 46% of the time.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Petra Stock
At first it looked like a great silver streak on the sand. An oarfish, fantastically long and rarely seen, had washed up on Tasmania’s rugged west coast. Oarfish, one of the ocean’s longest fish, are astonishing creatures that grow up to 8m long. Nicknamed the “king of herrings” or more unkindly the “doomsday fish”, some legends and stories consider the animals to be harbingers of disaster. Sybil Robertson made the unusual discovery while walking on Ocean Beach on Monday, near Strahan.
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