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Homeowner Uses Security Camera To Talk To Deer In Her Yard

Homeowner Uses Security Camera To Talk To Deer In Her Yard

August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 Supertrooper 1 Comment

A homeowner in Pennsylvania surprised a deer when she began speaking to it on her Ring doorbell camera. The woman was away from her home in Indiana, Pennsylvania when she got a motion alert on her Ring doorbell camera that something was moving in her yard. According to Inside Edition, the woman feared that a […]

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Shade-grown coffee won’t support all birds, but adding a forest helps: Study

Shade-grown coffee won’t support all birds, but adding a forest helps: Study

August 3, 2022July 29, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Organic, shade-grown, bird-friendly: coffee comes with a lot of labels these days, certifications that tell the consumer their beans were farmed in a way that supports the people who grow them and the ecosystems that sustain them. And with coffee now growing on more than 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of agricultural land […]

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Man Finds Baby Hummingbird and Nurses her Back to Health Until She’s Strong Enough to Fly

Man Finds Baby Hummingbird and Nurses her Back to Health Until She’s Strong Enough to Fly

July 24, 2022March 23, 2023 Supertrooper 1 Comment

This man spotted a tiny lump on the sidewalk and found out that it was a baby hummingbird. The baby was too young to fly and appeared malnourished, so Sammy took her home and nursed the bird back to health. Sammy didn’t have any birds, so all the tools he used were makeshift. He made […]

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70 yrs after extinction in India, 1st batch of cheetahs set to arrive from Africa in August

70 yrs after extinction in India, 1st batch of cheetahs set to arrive from Africa in August

June 28, 2022June 15, 2022 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Declared extinct 70 years ago, the first batch of five-six Cheetahs will be translocated from South Africa to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. This is the first time that a trans-continental shifting of a large carnivore will take place. In a first, a batch of cheetahs will be translocated from South Africa to India […]

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Fruit bats: the winged ‘conservationists’ reforesting parts of Africa

Fruit bats: the winged ‘conservationists’ reforesting parts of Africa

June 26, 2022June 15, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Straw-coloured fruit bats exist throughout most of the African continent. This large fruit bat is one of, if not the most numerous fruit-eating animal (called frugivores) in Africa. They live in colonies of thousands to millions of individuals. Fruit bats sleep during the day, hanging upside down in the crowns of old trees, and become […]

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Speedboat owner fined for disturbing dolphins

Speedboat owner fined for disturbing dolphins

June 24, 2022June 12, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A speedboat owner who ‘corralled’ a pod of dolphins has been convicted in what is thought to be the first prosecution under a new clampdown in wildlife disturbances. Witnesses saw Christopher Barker, 45, intentionally circling the cetaceans off the coast of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, at excessive speed, causing the animals to split up. One witness […]

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Raiding otters are giving pond owners something to carp about

Raiding otters are giving pond owners something to carp about

June 24, 2022June 12, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Resurgent otter populations are killing valuable pet fish, police in Wiltshire have warned, amid claims that wildlife groups are releasing them in inappropriate locations. Otter populations have had a resurgence since the middle of last century, when pollution nearly wiped them out. They are now a protected species found across the country after a reintroduction […]

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Fernandina Island Tortoise Is Not Extinct, New Study Confirms

Fernandina Island Tortoise Is Not Extinct, New Study Confirms

June 23, 2022June 12, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Fernandina Island is an active volcano that stands alone on western periphery of the Galapagos Archipelago and is reputed to be the largest pristine island on Earth. Since 1906, evidence has accrued that a mysterious species of giant tortoise might exist on the island. A single specimen of a species named Chelonoidis phantasticus (the fantastic […]

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