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BLACK SABBATH's Music Is Not Good For Getting A Bear Out Of A Tree
As some Colorado officials found out the hard way.
Scientists tracked a young #whale's journey before he vanished. What they learned could help save his species.
#Bishop’s story, from birth to presumed death, shows the extreme danger facing right #whales, which could be extinct in 3 decades if they continue to disappear at the present rate. Bishop’s species is not doomed to #extinction …but time is running out.
In most ways #Bishop was a normal #RightWhale. For the first year of his life, his mother nursed & protected him, & he learned to feed by swimming, mouth agape, through patches of plankton floating near the surface.
But on Jan 20, 2015, Bishop became something more: a precious source of data that would help scientists better understand the dangers afflicting his species.
So far this year, a dead female turned up off Virginia w/ a dislocated spine, a calf was discovered in Georgia w/head lacerations, & a young female was found — again in Georgia — w/ a fractured skull. All the injuries are consistent with #vessel strikes.
Another urgent request from the Maasai of Tanzania to sign and/or SHARE the petition "Tanzania: Stop the eviction of the Maasai". It has been running since 2022 and initially seemed successful: https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/maasai_evictions_sg_loc
Current appeal [slightly shortened]:
"In a matter of days, 27,000 Maasai could lose their ancestral land! Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan wants to clear the Maasai homeland for #safaris and trophy hunting in the hope of immense profits. A few years ago, 3 million signatories stood up for the Maasai - and the president at the time listened to us. Now they are asking for support again."
Stella, a jaguar at the Milwaukee County Zoo, boasted a "picture perfect" visage. She played a vital role in the global Jaguar Species Survival Plan. Her mate, Pat, rescued from peril in Belize, where habitat loss led him to cattle rustling. Together, they nurtured four offspring, contributing to conservation efforts.
After a while in conservation, you start to identify everybody by the organism that they study.
After a while you're not even referring to names, it's just the moth guy, hornbill lady, flying fox woman, flying fox woman's husband, herptile kid, black fly ojisan (uncle), Mek tuntung (terrapin aunty), abang ikan (fish bro)...
" 'Absolutely epic': Blackfeet release wild buffalo on tribal land
(...) Blackfeet Nation transferred 30 wild buffalo (iinnii in the Blackfoot language) to tribal lands near Chief Mountain, an area steeped in Blackfeet cultural significance in the northwest corner of the reservation bordering Glacier National Park. (...) the exploratory herd was loaded into trailers and hauled to a temporary paddock within sight of Chief Mountain. There, they grazed quietly until wranglers opened the gate.
Then every buffalo rushed through, formed a single-file line and rumbled toward a distant tree line. [Chief Mountain, Blackfeet Councilman Lauren Monroe Jr.] called the moment “absolutely epic.” "
The busy #WildlifeRehabilitation season has begun & the 1st #injured & #orphaned#RedShoulderedHawks are coming in. Here are before & after photos of this very hungry #hawklet. She fell 60 feet from her nest, and was found by kind-hearted #hikers who brought her into the wildlife center. 2nd photo after eating 4 chopped mice. 😳☺️
She still has her #EggTooth (tiny white spot) on tip of beak - helps her to crack egg shell when she was hatching.