animals

Panic buying linked to how animals hoard food in times of danger 

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Scrabbling desperately for items in the supermarket, dubbed ‘panic buying’, is linked to how animals hoard food during times of danger, a new study claims. Researchers at Middlesex University have authored a paper on the comparisons between creatures in the wild and humans at the supermarkets – both of which they refer to as ‘foragers’.  … Read more

Wildlife centre with a five-bed home and 200 animals hits the market for £1.5million

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A wildlife centre packed with 200 animals is on the market for £1.5million as estate agents call the park the ideal home for people seeking the ‘perfect work-life balance’. Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre, in Perthshire, central Scotland, is surrounded by picturesque countryside, mountains, glens, lochs and rivers. The 131-acre rural park is home to animals including … Read more

First ever footage of giant pandas mating in the wild reveals the animal’s violet courtship ritual

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For the first time, filmmakers have captured footage of giant pandas mating in the wild. A crew shooting an episode of the PBS series Nature spent three years tracking the gentle giants in China’s Qinling Mountains to witness the rare courtship.  Two males are shown in an aggressive standoff in a clip from ‘Pandas: Born … Read more

Taxidermist sets up business selling ‘Animalgamations’ made from the body parts of different animals

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A businessman is fulfilling his bizarre passion for stuffed creatures by creating ‘bad taxidermy’ models using random body parts from different animals. Jack Devaney, 26, creates his figures and creatures using both dead animal parts and a selection of other materials. In the modern age, Jack doesn’t believe that traditional taxidermy has much of a … Read more

Sickening footage shows emaciated lions and endangered animals left to starve in African zoo

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Zoo of horrors: Sickening footage shows emaciated lions left to starve along with hippos, porcupines, monkeys, elks and hyenas at a private wildlife menagerie in West Africa A West African zoo has been exposed for starving its 47 wild animals to death A sickening video by a wildlife NGO revealed animals were rotting in their cages … Read more

Examples of medieval drawings of animals that look nothing like the living thing 

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You won’t find them in the zoo! These medieval drawings of animals look VERY different to the real thing UK-based Daniel Holland has shared example of Medieval drawings of animals Artists behind these sketches clearly had never seen the beasts were drawing  One drew an owl with a human face while another drew beaver with … Read more

Single mothers avoid jail for attacking beautician like ‘pack of animals’ that left her almost BALD

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Three women who targeted a mother in a 30-minute late-night bar attack which left her partially bald behaved like a ‘pack of animals’, a court has heard.  Judge Edward Bindloss did not jail the single mothers who attacked Hollie-Louise Brown, then 23, at the Bubbles bar in Ashington, Northumberland, in September 2018.  She was first … Read more

These hilarious wildlife photos of wacky animals are so bad they turn out to be good 

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You won’t see these in National Geographic! Wacky wildlife photos capture animals in hilarious predicaments People from all over the world have shared terrible pictures of animals in the wild Snaps were gathered in Facebook group dedicated to bad wildlife photography One snap shows a raccoon stuck in a hole with half of his body … Read more

Animals: Lions have their own unique roars that individuals use to recognise each other, study finds

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Hear me roar! Every lion has its own unique vocal pattern that individuals use to recognise each other and can help scientists to track population movements, study finds By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 12:27 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 12:28 BST, 13 October 2020 Every lion has its own unique roar, one that … Read more

Carnivorous animals living near people get more than half their food from human sources

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Carnivorous animals living near people get more than half their food from human sources – threatening natural ecosystems, study finds Researchers analysed chemicals found in bone and fur samples from the wild Amount of human food eaten increases in animals living closer to humans  Researchers warn reliance on human food could lead to inter-species conflict By Joe Pinkstone For … Read more