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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/23/20
On a happier note...
New nesting boxes for Collins Street's famous falcons
A Birdlife Australia volunteer made a 1,000km round trip to replace the nesting boxes for the peregrine falcons at 367 Collins St, just in time for their breeding season.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/26/20
Emu's escape in US prompts pronunciation debate
A US journalist's pronunciation of emu in a report about a runaway bird has outraged Australians - but it turns out the word may be derived from an old Arabic term and Americans can pronounce it how they please.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/27/20
One flying fox's 12,000km nomadic journey stuns researchers
Researchers are reviewing everything they know about the nomadic habits of flying foxes after making a stunning discovery about the huge distances distance the creatures can travel.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Di (amina046)
8/28/20
Weirder is hard to find.
Tardigrade - Wikipedia
Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets,[1][2][3][4] are a phylum of water-dwelling eight-legged segmented micro-animals.[1][5] They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them little water bears. In 1777, the Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani named them Tardigrada, which means "slow...
Read more from en.m.wikipedia.orgFrom: Di (amina046)
8/28/20
and there goes another weirdo
A blackmouth catshark found near Sardinia in the Mediterranean without skin or teeth, which did not seem bothered by those facts.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/30/20
That's a damn fine looking sheep!
Double Diamond sells for over $660,000, becoming the world's most expensive sheep
A consortium of farmers pay an "obscene amount of money" for an "extra special" Texel lamb in Scotland, setting the record for the most expensive sheep sale.
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