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Animal 1 year, 4 months ago
Geneticists, For The First Time, Have Extracted RNA From An Extinct Animal—A 130-Yr-Old Tasmanian Tiger. This Achievement Offers Insights Into The Genetic Functioning Of Thylacine, Which Vanished 2k Years Ago, Except In Australia, Where It Went Extinct Primarily Due To Hunting. This Research Could Aid Thylacine De-Extinction Efforts.
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Animal 1 year, 11 months ago
French Bulldog, For The First Time In 31 Years, Has Been Ranked As The Most Favorite Dog In The USA, Surpassing The Labrador Retrievers. The Rank Was Done By The American Kennel Club Based On Data From 716,500 Voluntary Registrations From Dog Owners. The 3rd, 4th, And 5th Positions Went To Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds, And Poodles.
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Animal 1 year, 11 months ago
The Biggest Living Frog On Earth, Said To Grow As Big As A Cat, Is Now Endangered As It Has Been Over-Hunted For Food And Pet Trade In Cameroon And Equatorial Guinea. A Conservative Group Is, However, Effectively Making Efforts To The Save The Frog By Working With Hunters And Setting Up Alternative Food Sources, Snail Farms, For The Locals.
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Animal 2 years, 7 months ago
A 17-Year-Old Hairless Chinese Crested-Chihuahua Mix, Called Mr. Happy Face, Has Been Crowned The World’s Ugliest Dog In A Contest Held In Calif. On June 24th, 2022. And Took Home The $1500 Grand Prize. Mr. Happy Face, Who Was Adopted From An Arizona Shelter By Jeneda Benally, Was Not Expected To Live This Long Due To Medical Issues.
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Animal 2 years, 7 months ago
An Endangered Stingray, Caught In The Mekong River In Cambodia, Is Said, To The Best Of Known Record, To Be The World’s Largest Freshwater Fish. The Stingray, Caught On 6/13/22, Weighed 300kg (661lb) And Measured 3.98m Long And 2.2m Wide. This Record Beats The Previous Record Holder, A 646lb (293kg) Mekong Giant Catfish Caught In Thailand In 2005.
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Animal 2 years, 8 months ago
Wain, The Wombat, Has Been Confirmed By The Guinness World Records As The Oldest Living Wombat. Wombats Are Said To Live To An Average Age Of 15 Years In The Wild And Up To 20 Years In Captivity, But Wain Is Currently At The Age of 32, Which Is Equivalent To 100 Human Years. Folks Can Visit Wain At The Satsukiyama Zoo, In Japan.
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Animal 2 years, 10 months ago
A Chihuahua, Named TobyKeith, Has Been Acknowledged By The Guinness World Records As The Oldest Living Dog. TobyKeith, Age 21 Years 66 Days, Based In Greenacres, Florida, Was Born On January 9th, 2001. The Oldest Dog Ever Recorded Was An Australian Cattle Dog, Named Bluey, Who Died At The Age Of 29 Years 5 Months.
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Animal 3 years ago
Methuselah, A Primitive Australian Lungfish With Lungs And Gill And With No Known Living Peers, Is Said To Be The Oldest Aquarium Fish In The World. The Fish, Estimated To Be 90 Years Old, Was Brought To San Francisco Museum In 1938 From Australia. Australian Lungfish Are Said To Be The Possible ‘Missing Link’ Between Terrestrial And Aquatic Animals.
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Other 3 years, 4 months ago
Betty Soskin, Who Turned 100 Years, Is Now The Oldest National Park Ranger In USA. Soskin, Born In Detroit On Sept. 22, 1921, Is Currently A Park Ranger At Rosie The Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park In Richmond, California. Soskin Has Had A School Named After Her And Has Also Received A Presidential Commemorative Coin.
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Animal 3 years, 5 months ago
The Snakehead Fish, Native to Southern Siberia, China, And North Korea, Has Evolved To Walk On Land By Moving Their Head And Back Fin In Opposite Direction. The Fish Is Said To Breath With Its Gill Under Water And Via The Mouth On Land. Snakehead Fish Is Also Said To Be Able To Survive Up To 4 Days On Land. Cool!
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Animal 3 years, 8 months ago
Researchers Surprisingly Discovered A New Frog Species, In 2016, Living In The Lowland Rainforests Of New Guinea, In Very Hot, Swampy Areas With Crocodiles. The Species, Named Chocolate Frog (Litoria Mira) For Its Chocolate Coloring, Is Said To Be Similar But Genetically Distinct From Austalia’s Common Green Tree Frogs (Litoria Caerulea).
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Animal 3 years, 8 months ago
The Introduction Of 26 Adult Tasmanian Devils, In Late 2020, Into The 400-Hectare Sanctuary, North Of Sydney, Have Resulted In The Birth Of Tasmanian Devils 3000 Years After They Disappeared From Australia, Thought To Have Been Wiped-Out By Wild Dogs. This Is Hope For Rewilding Australia, Which Has The World’s Worst Mammal Extinction Rate.
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Animal 3 years, 9 months ago
Scientists Surprisingly Discovered A More Than 100-Year-Old Sturgeon In The Detroit River. The 6′ 10″ Length And 240 Pound Female Giant Fish, Is Speculated To Be One Of The Largest Lake Sturgeon Ever Recorded In The US. Female Sturgeons Are Said To Have 150 Years Life Span While The Male Sturgeons Can Live For 50 To 60 Years.
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Animal 3 years, 11 months ago
Wisdom, A Laysan Albatrosses Of At Least 70 Years Old, Birthed A Chick In Feb. Of 2021 In Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge—Home To The World’s Largest Albatross Colony. This Birthing Makes Her The World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird To Birth A Chick. The US Fish And Wildlife Service Estimates That Wisdom May Have Mothered At Least 30–36 Chicks.
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Animal 4 years ago
Jonathan, A Seychelles Giant Tortoise, Hatched In 1832, At 189 Years Old, Is The World’s Oldest Known Land Animal. Jonathan, Now Blind Due To Old Age, Lives, Since The Late 1880s, On The Remote Island Of St. Helena, In The South Atlantic, And Has His Portrait Printed On The Back Of The Island’s 5 Pence Coin. Cool!
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Animal 4 years, 1 month ago
The World’s Largest Freshwater Turtle, Rafetus Swinhoei, Which Is Also The World’s Rarest Turtle Due To Hunting And Medicinal Use Of Its Eggs In China, May Be Saved From Extinction, As A Female Specimen Has Been Found, In Dong Mo Lake In Vietnam In October 2020, For The Supposedly Only Male Species Living At Suzhou Zoo In China.
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Animal 4 years, 6 months ago
Scientists, For The First Time, Successfully But Unintentionally Created “The Sturddlefish” From 2 Living But Endangered Fossil Fishes, American Paddlefish And The Russian Sturgeon, That Have Not Evolved Over A Long Time. More Sturddlefish Offsprings Won’t Be Seen In The Wild As They May Be Infertile Due To The Effect Of Crossbreeding.
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Animal 4 years, 6 months ago
Researchers, In The Dark Depths Of The Ocean, Have Discovered, To The Best Of Known Knowledge, 16 Species Of The Blackest Fish In The Ocean–The So-Called “Ultra-Black Fish.” The Fish, Which Absorb More Than 99.5% Of Light To Stay Dark, Are Said To Have Evolved Their Dark Color As A Camouflage For Hiding From Predators. Hmm!
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Animal 4 years, 7 months ago
A Modern Day Marine Fish, The Smooth Handfish, Has For The First Time Gone Extinct, After Not Been Seen For Almost After Two Centuries. Handfish Are Said Not To Be Abundant, But They Are Diverse, With 14 Species Occupying Different Ecosystems. The Remaining Species Are Threatened By Sediment Run-Off In Australia And Climate Change.
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Animal 4 years, 12 months ago
A 100-Year-Old Galapagos Giant Tortoise, Named Diego, Is Retiring After Being Part Of A Captive Breeding Program To Help Save The Endangered Tortoise Species, Chelonoidis Hoodensis, From Going Extinct. Diego Is Said To Have Fathered 800 Babies Of The 2,000 Baby Tortoises That Were Born And Brought Back To Espanola Island In The Galapagos.
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