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 praised and lauded by others because he had freed, with the help of others, a tyre from around the neck of …
NEWS AND COMMENT – ICELAND: The Times has reported that Iceland has announced it will stop hunting whales by 2024 because of a decline in demand for whale meat. The fisheries minister, Svandís Svavarsdóttir said: “There is little proof that there is any economic advantage …
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 the Internet and so a lot of people have seen it. You might have seen it. The sea otter has been …
Fish have learned to navigate a vehicle on land in exchange for a reward. The video I think explains the test and the study nicely. I will add some words. The scientists involved in this study have proved that fish can steer a ‘fish operated …
Capturing everything on the camera has become almost a way of life in the modern world. If you can do it you’ve got to photograph it and it doesn’t matter whether you are taking a selfie of yourself and of tiger in the background or …
The UN declared the mouth of the leatherback turtle the most terrifying thing in the world. I’m not sure about that. I can think of more terrifying things but it is pretty horrible and it does attract one’s attention. Perhaps you had the same thought …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS: A British expat, Graham Spencer, was attacked by a horde of 20 otters and bitten 26 times on his buttocks, ankles and legs after they rampaged over him while he was visiting the Singapore Botanic Gardens. He feared for his …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Ayukawa in north-eastern Japan have a long history in the whale meat industry. They are linked to whaling and they are proud of it. For 30 years they weren’t allowed to whale commercially. This is because of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) …
The albatross is known for its high fidelity in relation to their “marriages”. They stick around. They don’t give up like humans. But things are changing because of climate change. Breeding pairs of albatrosses are capable of bonding for decades. However, a study has demonstrated …
