Why can fish withstand high water pressure but not humans?
Like me, you may have found it difficult to understand why humans have to go down into the depths of the oceans in super-strong...
Tagged: marine wildlife
Rescued baby sea turtle defecated plastic for 6 straight days
NEWS AND COMMENT-TARONGA ZOO, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: A baby sea turtle was rescued from Sydney beach and brought to Taronga Zoo where they have a...
Dolphins get a taste for a cleaner Big Apple
Citizens of New York and marine biologists, and I expect conservationists, are excited to see bottlenose dolphins showing up in the city’s harbour. They...
Man punched a seagull to death because it stole one of his chips. Acceptable?
There is a philosophical discussion taking place on the Internet over a man who punched a seagull to death because it stole one of...
Cut plastic rings to help protect wildlife
Plastic rings can find their way into the habitats of many wild species where they can do damage and kill animals. The picture on...
Marauding killer whales ram Spanish sailors and I’ll tell you why
The Times reports that sailors off the coast of Spain and Portugal have been told to be vigilant about the possibility of attacks on...
Dolphins queue up to rub against coral and sponges for medicinal purposes
Scientists have found a suite of bioactive compounds in specific corals and sponges which were secreted and which helped to treat skin problems in...
Goldfish stroller – Taiwanese man takes his goldfish for a stroll
This inventive and talented manufacturer from Taiwan who has an active channel on YouTube, Huang Xiaoije, decided to make a goldfish stroller in his...
Today, a male and female beaver are being reintroduced into London, UK
Animal advocates will be delighted to hear that Enfield County Council are going to reintroduce the beaver to their London borough as part of...
Penguin from Budapest Zoo “arrested” on main road at night
This is a good picture which caught my eye of a police officer in Budapest, Hungary, “arresting” a lonely penguin who was minding his...
If you eat a clam or oyster at a restaurant and bite into a pearl, is it yours?
If the contract is to buy the entire contents of a clam, then the customer is the owner of a pearl inside the clam.
Hypocritical bird catcher/seller frees croc stuck in a tyre for 6 years
NEWS AND COMMENT- PALU CITY, CENTRAL SULAWESI, INDONESIA: An Indonesian bird catcher/seller has said: “I hate seeing animals trapped and suffering”. He was being...
Whaling to end in Iceland after drop in demand for its meat
NEWS AND COMMENT – ICELAND: The Times has reported that Iceland has announced it will stop hunting whales by 2024 because of a decline...
Viral video of sea otter’s temperature being taken courts controversy
This is a cute viral animal video on Twitter. It’s been converted to a .gif on the imgur.com website. It’s done the rounds on...
Fish can navigate on land
Fish have learned to navigate a vehicle on land in exchange for a reward. The video I think explains the test and the study...
