Archive | July, 2011

11 Animal Species that are About to Go Extinct

11 Animal Species that are About to Go Extinct

Some endangered species get all the attention. Polar bears, pandas, and Siberian tigers are hotshots in mainstream conservation campaigns and are featured in various commercials, complete with melodramatic music and emotional appeals. But there are many animal species that are just as close or closer to extinction than these select few. And many of them [...] [...more]

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Monkey Steals Camera, Takes Self-Portraits

Monkey Steals Camera, Takes Self-Portraits

A critically endangered macaque monkey took his own photographs after grabbing a camera that had been left lying around by award-winning photographer David Slater! While visiting a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Mr. Slater inadvertently left his camera unattended for a while. The forgotten camera soon attracted the attention of an inquisitive female from [...] [...more]

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Florida Fishermen Find Giant Squid

Florida Fishermen Find Giant Squid

Several people were fishing over the weekend just off Florida’s Atlantic coast when they pulled up a 23-foot long squid. They say they were fishing about 12 miles offshore from Port Salerno when they saw the squid, WPTV reported. “We pulled up… thought it was something to fish on, a pallet or something like that. [...] [...more]

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