Published Sunday December 30 2012 3:14 pm. Tags: Chester Zoo, endangered species
VIDEO: 2012 was a busy year at Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England. Zookeepers delivered an Asian elephant calf on Sunday, November 25, 2012. A pure Rothschild giraffe was born in October 2012 after a 14-month pregnancy. A rare baby Sumatran orangutan was born at Chester Zoo on October 19, 2012. A rare okapi foal was [...]
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Published Friday November 09 2012 10:43 am. Tags: alligator, Ohio
A Cleveland sewer crew found an 18-inch alligator in a creek on Thursday. The gator was nearly frozen, but has since been revived. New rules and fees for registering exotic animals just went into effect on Monday, so officials believe someone may have dumped the alligator to avoid fees. The alligator is in a rehab [...]
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Published Tuesday October 30 2012 7:15 pm.
Watch this video and you will know the sound of a coyote’s bark and howl; and you’ll see what happens when two coyotes and a cougar accidentally meet. (Cougar enters the scene in Yosemite about 3:03/WARNING, SOME GRAPHIC LANGUAGE.) Yes, a cougar was photographed in central Illinois last Sunday. A trail camera set up to [...]
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Published Tuesday October 09 2012 11:12 am. Tags: cockroach, cockroaches, death, stunt gone bad
HUMAN ENDURANCE: Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.; Skydiver hopes to make supersonic jump over NM; Stranded night: Pettitte, Yanks lose to Os 3-2, and Sandusky faces sentencing. Edward Archbold, 32, collapsed shortly after winning a roach- and worm-eating contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store. Winners of the contest were competing for a [...]
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Published Friday October 05 2012 4:31 pm. Tags: coyote, coyote attack, coyote attack Wheaton
A Wheaton College student working as a house sitter on September 27, 2012 witnessed a 16-pound bichon frisé attacked by a coyote in the dog owner’s backyard on Stonebridge Court near Wheaton. After the house sitter heard a commotion, she checked the backyard where a schnauzer-poodle mix and bichon frisé had been let outside. The [...]
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Published Friday September 28 2012 6:00 pm. Tags: cougar sighting, cougar sighting Schaumburg, cougar sightings, Schaumburg Police Department
A large cat-like animal with a cat-like head, brown body, and a long tail, and weighing about 60 LBS was reported sighted at about 8:30 am. crossing Schaumburg Road going southbound, just west of Roselle Road. The caller was not sure it was a cougar, and reported seeing the seeing the vehicle while driving. Cougars [...]
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Published Wednesday September 26 2012 7:05 am. Tags: Idle Free Zone, Idle Free Zone Arlington Heights
With school back in full swing, many of us are dropping off and picking up children from school and other activities. At many drop-off and pick-up areas by schools, park facilities and the library, you may see an “Idle Free Zone” sign that’s been installed in the parkway. The Village of Arlington Heights recently completed [...]
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Published Tuesday September 25 2012 6:10 pm.
Julie Rocho-Levine of Dolphin Quest Hawaii explains how she appreciates the miracle of birth and the calm, relaxed nature of the birth. Keo, a 12-year-old dolphin at the Dolphin Quest Hawaii resort located at the Hilton Waikoloa Village, has given birth to a female calf that seems to instantly recognize her mother in a video [...]
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Published Saturday September 22 2012 3:51 pm. Tags: coyote, coyote attack, coyote attack Wheaton, fox and coyote compared
A 15-month-old Yorkshire Terrier is missing and a 12-year-old Silky Terrier is recovering from bite and puncture injuries after both dogs were attacked by a pack of four-to-six coyotes Thursday night on Mohican Drive near Herrick Lake in Wheaton. One of the dog’s owners was just inside the back door when a commotion started in [...]
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Published Tuesday September 18 2012 8:56 am. Tags: Burmese Python, Burmese Python South Florida, Waukegan
Waukegan police responded about 10:00 a.m. Monday to a report that a large snake was found near Seahorse Drive and Clayton Street. A light-colored Burmese Python about 12-15-feet long was discovered. The snake was transported by three Waukegan animal control officers to the Lake Forest Wildlife Discovery Center. The snake was lethargic and had fresh [...]
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Published Friday September 14 2012 11:09 am. Tags: Africa, Congo, endangered species, monkey, new species
Video publisher noticed signs of digging at the base of bamboo thickets in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, so a camera-trap was set up. First a Black-Fronted Duiker passed in the early morning light. Then, almost every day a troop of Hamlyn’s monkeys (Cercopithecus hamlyni), also known as the owl-faced monkey, passed the spot. A new species [...]
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Published Wednesday September 12 2012 12:51 pm. Tags: Barrington Hills Police Department, cougar, cougar sighting, cougar sighting Barrington, cougar sighting Barrington Hills, cougar sighting Chicagoland
Barrington Hills Police Department has alerted residents of a possible Cougar sighting by a citizen after a reported sighting about 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 7, 2012 in the area of Oak Knoll and Old Hart Roads. Barrington Hills police responded to the area, which is just northwest of Barrington High School, and were unable to [...]
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