A litter of five cheetah cubs that lost their mother following their birth have found a surrogate dad in a dog. According to the Cincinnati Zoo, Willow an adult female cheetah died following a Caesarean section which is a very rare procedure for the species. After the surgery Willow who was five years old stopped eating and became extremely lethargic and ultimately died. However according to the Zoo all five of her offspring survived.
There is no better phrase to describe this trio than “opposites attract”. A Bengal tiger, an African lion and an American black bear are the best of friends, living together at Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary in Georgia. In fact, they are such good friends that they have been given the collective nickname BLT which is an acronym for bear, lion and tiger. The fact that they live together is extremely unusual because when you put different species of wild animals together it is usually quite dangerous says Allison Hedgecoth who is the curator at the sanctuary.
A family who were staying at their cabin in Wyoming were watching a bull moose through their window. They got the shock of their lives when out of nowhere one of the moose’s antlers fell to the snow. In an interview with National Geographic Kim Eberhart said the moose just shook his head and the antler fell off right in front of the whole family which was amazing.
Iconic landmarks across the globe ranging from the Sydney Opera House, to the Kremlin and the Eiffel Tower all went dark for one hour on Saturday for the 10th edition of Earth Hour which is meant to act as a symbol for the people of the world to combat climate change. Millions of people from as many as 178 countries took part in Earth Hour this year. The event is organised by WWF who said many monuments and buildings such as the Empire State Building and the Brandenburg Gate were plunged into darkness for 60 minutes between 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time.
Joao Pereira de Souza is a part time fisherman following his retirement from bricklaying. He lives on a village on an Island close to Rio de Janeiro and about five years ago he discovered a penguin lying on the rocks at the beach covered in oil that was dying. So Mr. De Souza did something remarkable he picked up the bird, cleaned the oil from its feathers and fed it daily so it could recover its strength. He even named the bird Dindim and after about a week of recuperation, the fisherman went to release the bird back into the sea.
Recently a male leopard was seen rampaging through a school in the Indian city of Bangalore which led to a ten hour stand-off between wildlife officers and the big cat. According to news reports, six people were said to have received injuries as they sought to remove the leopard. Ultimately the leopard which is estimated to be eight years old was tranquilised and moved to Bannerghatta Biological Park for recovery.
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Recently a Sumatran tiger cub was born at an Indonesian as a direct consequence of conservationist efforts to raise the country’s population of the species which is now listed as being critically endangered. The video shows the cute little critter wandering about its cage trying to get a sense of its surroundings. At the moment the tiger’s handlers have not been able to tell whether the cub is male or female because its mother has been a tad bit aggressive protecting her baby. The new arrival along with its mother are joined by only 10 other Sumatran tigers that live at the zoo.
It is estimated that there a less than 600 wild Siberian tigers left globally. With that said, one would hardly expect casually encounter this endangered species even if you were wandering around the forests of South-East Russia where they live. A Russian motorist who was driving along a road in a forested area did just that and came across the big cat. What the tiger did next both surprised and thrilled.
The giant panda cubs that were born at Toronto Zoo just over four months ago now have begun to take their first adorable steps and if you want to see how they are doing, check out the video of the cute little critters above. The zoo has released a number of videos featuring the cubs taking their first cautious steps and you can see them waddling and struggling to crawl over a log in this one.
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