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Fleur @Fleura (34954) • United Kingdom 5 Jan 24

The other issue affecting my decision not to have a pet cat is that I just can’t justify having a cat when they are so destructive. Yes their hunting behaviour might be ‘natural’, but they are present at a much higher density than...

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The Long, Long, Long Tail of the Long Tail Pangolin

Dawnsummer @misunderstood_zombie (8765) • United States 18 Jun 21

I wanted to write the Long Tale of the Long Tail Pangolin, but I decided this sounded much funnier in my head and I don't actually know any Pangolin tales. There is that super power they possess of spewing a rancid odor type...

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Volleyball players unknowingly mass killed the population of an endangered bird species

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 13 Aug 18

I have nothing against killing animals food as long as it is not endangered. This one though is out of stupidity. Beach volleyball players notice a nesting ground of eggs on a beach. These dumb Volleyball players decided to use...

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They put a leash and vandalize the shell

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 4 Jan 17

What were these people thinking?! put a leash on it like a dog and then painted it's back with a label sea guardian? That's not protecting the animal, that's abuse and disgracing it! The cops should have arrested them for doing...

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Who Would You Save?

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 17 Apr 16

In the news recently is the tragic death of a woman who worked at a zoo and was mauled by a tiger that she cared for. That is not terribly unusual, wild animals sometimes act wild, no matter how accustomed they become to a human...

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Saiga - One of the World's Strangest Animals!

Jennifer Valentine @atlantickitfox (6) 13 Apr 16

So here is my first example of a strange-looking, endangered animal. I think all animals have a place in the world but others disagree. I'm interested in your respectful opinion. What do you think of the endangered saiga?

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Some People Don't Care About Funny Looking Animals

Jennifer Valentine @atlantickitfox (6) 13 Apr 16

As my students have studied endangered species, I've come to realize that some adults don't see the point of protecting an animal that isn't cute or useful. What do you think? What about the saiga? Check it out! I'd love to...

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The Proboscis Monkey: Endangered Species

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 24 Mar 16

Native to Borneo, proboscis monkeys, both male and female, have potbellies, so that they look permanently pregnant. Their stomach is much like that of a COW, filled with a soupy mixture of bacteria and vegetation. The bacteria...

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They finally named her today.....

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 22 Feb 16

on the news. A body of a woman who had been found up in the foothills a couple of weeks ago was finally identified this evening on the news. She was laying just past a fence on a path joggers use in the foothills. The authorities...

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Lions Disappearing From Africa

Patti G @Pattitude (1286) • Newton, North Carolina 27 Oct 15

Since 1992, lions have been disappearing in large numbers, especially from West Africa. Scientists predict that in the next 20 years, lions will be halved in numbers. This is so sad, for such a majestic, regal creature. I...

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Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 9 Sep 15

When my wife and I got married on Kauai, we took a lot of photographs. One photograph that really hit me was this Hawaiian Monk Seal. He was on one of the beaches. Life guards surrounded the seal with a fence that said the seal...

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Whaaaaat.. Gggg GLASS FROGS?

Mavic123456 @Mavic123456 (21891) • Thailand 13 Feb 13

Interesting to know that there are really unique creatures of God that Science cannot explain how it existed. One of which is the GLASS FROG. Yes you heard it right! The glass frogs can be found in the mountains of South America,...

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Our Customs and Traditions Are Endangered...

mobhomeir @mobhomeir (7558) • Philippines 11 Jul 12

When we were at our younger ages we use to play some traditional games I can't mention particularly several of those because we have different names of that games. When computer age started to gain popularity, until now, those...

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Do we really need zoos around?

viney17 @viney17 (688) • Philippines 5 Oct 11

zoos keep wild animals in cages instead of letting them freely roam the wilderness, wild animals like lions or tigers, crocodiles, snakes, eagles aren't domisticateed like dogs or cats, so should zoos really keep them? I dont...

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An endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

ItsOnMe @ItsOnMe (183) • Malaysia 4 Jul 11

Well, i'm so effing sad today. Trying to cheer me up by posting ridiculous topic like this. However, the chances of this happening are very small, considering to low population of each. But if it really happened, what will you do?...

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Is the EPA killing the American Economy?

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 26 Apr 11

It has been reported that the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) on several different occasions that the EPA has shut different economic endeavors costing Americans jobs and economic growth. There was the fish that caused the...

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Spirit bears, have you ever heard of them? Have you ever seen one?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 7 Oct 10

I had never seen a Spirit Bear until I searched spirit bear. The reason I did that was curiousity. I wanted to see what would come up. If you go to youtube and type in spirit bear, you will see some beautiful videos of these...

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The Extinction of the Bird DODO

Turingskie @Turingskie (387) • Philippines 15 Sep 10

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves. Three meter tall and weighing 300 20 kilograms(44lb).Eat Fruits and Living on the ground. The dodo...

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Is this the way to Have controll on their birth rate by the Mother Nature? what

rocket2020 @rocket2020 (524) • India 1 Sep 10

Lion King The lions are the ruler of the Jungle,while all the animals particularly all the carnivorous have the same habit of hunting down the weaker and injured ones but still the lions are the pride of the vast territorial...

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I'll be in bohol

chipesterkhan @chipesterkhan (2925) • Philippines 29 Aug 10

i might not be able to update on mylot very much for the next couple of days cause i'll be going to bohol when i get there i intend to see the chocolate hills see that big python go to the beach maybe and maybe meet...

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