To assist a young giraffe born in a US zoo with a life-threatening limb ailment walk, she was equipped with tailored, human medical-grade leg braces. Msituni was born with her front limb bending the wrong way on February 1 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, north of San Diego. Staff at the safari park feared she would die if the ailment was not treated … [Read more...] about A Baby Giraffe at a US Zoo Has Been Equipped with Bespoke Leg Braces to Help it Walk Correctly
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An Very Rare White Whale has Been Spotted Off the Coast of Australia
A rare white whale was observed by a teenager off the coast of northern New South Wales. The sighting increases the chance that Migaloo, the famed white whale, has given birth. Brayden Blake, 16, videotaped a white humpback whale swimming around 500 meters off the coast of Fingal Head in Coolangatta, Australia, on Thursday. Migaloo, Australia's famed whale called … [Read more...] about An Very Rare White Whale has Been Spotted Off the Coast of Australia
A Family of Five Bears has been Discovered Hibernating Beneath a House in California
Bears fall into hibernation during the frigid winter months every year, surfacing only when spring arrives. While the majority of bears build their dens outside, others choose to live closer to people. A family of bears was recently discovered hibernating beneath a resident's house near Lake Tahoe, California. A mother black bear took her four kids into an empty crawl space … [Read more...] about A Family of Five Bears has been Discovered Hibernating Beneath a House in California
Microscopic Organisms Have been Resurrected After 24,000 Years in Permafrost
The rotifers were even able to reproduce after emerging from cryptobiosis. The bdelloid rotifer, a minute, multicellular animal, has shown capable of living under Siberian permafrost for at least 24,000 years. The finding has given some optimism that people may one day be placed in deep freeze and resurrected — but don't expect it anytime soon. To live in hostile … [Read more...] about Microscopic Organisms Have been Resurrected After 24,000 Years in Permafrost
Puppies of the Rare Black Seal have been Spotted in an English Nature Reserve
When wildlife inspectors spotted ten extremely unusual black seal pups in England's largest grey seal colony on the north Norfolk coast, they were taken aback. Puppies of grey seals have a white coat that sheds in two to three weeks, revealing a grey coat beneath the white skin. According to the National Trust, about one out of every 400 grey seals has a velvety black … [Read more...] about Puppies of the Rare Black Seal have been Spotted in an English Nature Reserve