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Cat caught smuggling cell phones into Russian jail
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The Russian prison service said on Monday it had caught a cat being used as a courier to smuggle banned cell phones and chargers into a prison camp in the country's remote far north.
The prison service in the Komi region said on its website that the cat was detained on Friday evening as it ...DETAILS |
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Frog species thought extinct rediscovered in Israel
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A species of frog not seen for 60 years and declared extinct, recently rediscovered in Israel, has been reclassified as a "living fossil," scientists say.
Israel's Hula painted frog -- the first amphibian to have been officially declared extinct by the International Union for ...DETAILS |
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Mystery kangaroo captured in Florida
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Authorities in Florida said they do not know the origins of a kangaroo that was wandering loose for at least one night.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the 5-foot-tall kangaroo was first spotted in Lacoochee, north of Dade City, ...DETAILS |
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Przewalski's foal born at Denver Zoo
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Denver Zoo officials announced its first birth in 20 years of a Przewalski's foal, an endangered, wild horse native to Asia.
Mother Yisun gave birth to the foal Friday, the zoo said in a news release. It's the first offspring for father Bataar, The Denver Post reported ...DETAILS |
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Extinct koala discovered in northern Australia
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Researchers say they've named a newly discovered extinct species of koala that lived in northern Australia 20 million years after an Australian entrepreneur.
The small ancient koala, Litokoala dicksmithi, has been named to honor entrepreneur, philanthropist and explorer Dick Smith, they ...DETAILS |
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South Africa eyes fence with Mozambique to stop poachers
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South Africa wants to re-erect a border fence with Mozambique to stop rhino poachers from crossing into its flagship safari destination, Kruger National Park.
"There is a need to put up that fence," said Environment Minister Edna Molewa, adding that the country's parks authority shared her ...DETAILS |
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Spain and France agree on fishing quota swap
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Spain and France have reached an agreement on swapping fishing quotas which will allow for Spain to fish more hake and monkfish, authorities said Saturday.
"We have received quotas of 1,500 tonnes of hake and 1,100 tonnes of monkfish, the two main (fishing) species our boats catch," the ...DETAILS |
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Fisherman sleeps with crocodile under bed
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An Australian fisherman who caught a 6 1/2-foot crocodile on his birthday said he took the animal home and had it sleep under his bunk bed.
Ashley Sala said he was fishing in Ninds Creek in the Cassowary Coast Region, 55 miles south of Cairns, on his birthday Tuesday and initially believed he ...DETAILS |
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2 mini-spider species found in southwest China
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Two new minute spider species with oversized rumps have been discovered in southwest China, according to a new study published in the open access journal Zookeys.
The tiny new spiders are both less than 2 millimeters in length. One of them, Trogloneta yuensis, is as little as 1.01 millimeters, ...DETAILS |
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