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https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsashvets%2Fvideos%2F502163387164246%2F&show_text=0&width=560 In what could reasonably (and relatably) be construed as the result of a deep longing for summer, a python swallowed an entire beach towel because who hasn’t done something dramatic while pining for warmer days? In a video clip shared on Facebook by the Small Animal Specialist Hospital in Sydney, Australia, viewers can watch as… …

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“Reconciliation is dead”, according to a Globe and Mail article penned by two Indigenous academics. That is also the message on signs carried by protestors blocking rail lines in support of some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. Read More via GIESBRECHT: Trudeau senior was right, one law for all — Winnipeg Sun

Last summer we went to Whitehorse to visit my girlfriend’s family. One of the nights, we noticed a few lines of color waving in the sky above our patio. We hopped in the car and drove out of town. Whitehorse is a pretty small city but the urban lights were too bright for the display […] …

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Apologies to my wildlife readers. It has been a while since I’ve had the chance to feature one of our feathered friends. It’s not that I haven’t been busy – in fact just the opposite. Decided it was time to bring you a little haunt for February – screw you mushy and smoochie Valentine’s Day, […] …

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F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 200. Brant What kind of shoes do you make with banana skins? Slippers! Interesting Fact: The Brant is also known as the Brent Goose. The spelling “Brant” is the original one, with “Brent” being a later folk-etymological idea that it was derived from a classical Greek water bird name brenthos. It actually …

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A bear was sighted in a Monrovia neighborhood for the second straight day Friday. The large bear appeared about 2:30 a.m. in the 300 block of North Mayflower Avenue. Video showed it walking in circles and laying on a front lawn. About three hours later, the bear was seen again, this time as it wandered… via …

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From The Audubon Society (Melissa Groo): Providing food—for photography or simple enjoyment—can be a thorny issue. For guidance, ask yourself these three questions. Whether we identify as birders or photographers or both, we are always looking for ways to get closer to birds, or to bring them closer to us. Offering food—sating the hunger that […] …

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(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Fewer manatees died in 2019 in Florida compared with the year before. Statewide, manatee deaths decreased to 606 deaths last year, down from 824 in 2018. Experts say it appears the main cause of the decline in deaths is the reduced effect of red tide algae on manatees. Twenty-one manatees died… via …

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