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Astonishing footage shows a baby tree kangaroo INSIDE its mother’s pouch

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These incredible images show a tiny baby tree kangaroo ready for the world with its eyes open inside its mother’s pouch. The remarkable snaps were taken using a special camera and show just one of two tree joeys born in Britain in the last year. Keepers trained the mum to allow them to insert a … Read more

Australian Kookaburra is spotted in Devon garden 10,000 miles from his usual old gum tree

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The lost laugh: Australian kookaburra is spotted in Devon garden 10,000 miles from his usual old gum tree Bird expert Daniel Lazar received calls from neighbours about unusual sightings He then went to a neighbours house in Membury, Devon, and identified the bird Daniel thinks that the animal escaped from the nearby Axe Valley Wildlife … Read more

UK Government is spending a fraction of its pledged tree planting budget in England

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UK Government is spending a fraction of its pledged tree planting budget in England with 37p spent per person compared with £9.23 in Scotland In total the government is spending £20.5 million on woodland grants in England In Scotland the government are spending £50.2 million on new woodland grants  Campaigners say greater funding is needed … Read more

Teeth act as a ‘faithful archive of life’ and form layers like tree rings

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Teeth act as a ‘faithful archive of life’ by forming layers like tree rings that reveal intimate details of a person’s life such as when they got pregnant, fell ill or were in prison Material called cementum in teeth develops a new microscopic layer every year   Lab analysis reveals it changes in shape and structure … Read more

North Sea resort wants to lure visitors back to its beachfront with a 72ft palm tree made of STEEL 

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It’s Costa del Cleethorpes! North Sea resort wants to lure visitors back to its beachfront… with a 72ft palm tree made of STEEL Plans to add a 72ft steel palm tree at Cleethorpes seaside resort are going ahead  The steel tree is expected to regenerate interest in the area, once very popular  North East Lincolnshire … Read more

Apes’ inner ears could help scientists reconstruct the early branches of the human family tree

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Apes’ inner ears could help scientists reconstruct the early branches of the human family tree and identify the last common ancestor from which we evolved.  Used in both balance and hearing, the bony cavity that houses the inner ear is often preserved in the fossil record. Its changing shape across species has helped experts track … Read more

Moment a tree splits vertically and disintegrates into a cloud of smoke during felling 

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Timber! Spectacular moment a tree splits vertically and disintegrates into a cloud of smoke during felling The tree was chopped by a logger before splitting sideways in Nanaimo, Canada  It split vertically and disintegrated into a huge cloud of smoke during felling  Appearing swept up in the moment, the worker shouts ‘that was ‘f*****g nuts!’  By … Read more

This Morning viewers incredulous as Alison Hammond interviews TREE

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‘My favourite TV moment EVER!’: This Morning viewers left incredulous as Alison Hammond interviews a TREE live on air By Kate Thomas for MailOnline Published: 12:14 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 12:19 GMT, 26 February 2020 This Morning viewers thought they were hallucinating when they watched Alison Hammond interview a tree on Wednesday. The … Read more

Officers arrest burglars who tried to escape after robbing nearby farms by hiding up a tree

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Dramatic moment officers arrest a gang of burglars who tried to escape after robbing nearby farms by hiding up a tree Abraham Fox, 28, Ross Sutcliffe, 29, and William Lowther, 48, fled 20 officers  They were jailed for two years each on three counts of burglary in Yorkshire  A police helicopter’s thermal imaging cameras caught … Read more