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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Icy reception for falling raccoons

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They drop into the office completely unannounced, like management consultants, taking up cubicle space and often making a mess of things until someone can arrange their departure.

At workplaces in southern Canada, and in parts of the US, raccoons are falling through the ceiling. A sudden snap of Arctic weather is said to have increased these break-ins as the animals seek the warmth of a large corporate building, secreting themselves between the floors. Ceiling tiles ill-suited to support a 20lb (9kg) animal give way and the raccoons drop on to desks or tiled carpets.

“Office members! There is no doubt as to why this raccoon fell through the drop ceiling of this office,” a Canadian raccoon wrangler named Brad Gates wrote on Twitter after removing a 40lb creature from a work-place in Toronto. “Look at the size of him! This big boy seems to be relaxing under the desk as he awaits his rescue.”

It was morning and the raccoon had curled up beside a pile of wires and sockets to sleep out the day.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/icy-reception-for-falling-raccoons-nhcqrgh6q

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

George the Wombat to leave Australian Reptile Park, heading back to the wild

HE’S racked up more than 50 million views with his antics, but the “world’s most famous wombat” is leaving a life of fame behind him.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/george-the-wombat-to-leave-australian-reptile-park-heading-back-to-the-wild/news-story/ef62159ef37a190d59bbeff10bb8e572#.qp3tc

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Biologists are now unlocking the mystery of how three neighboring birds in the Amazon rain forest became distinct species

The Strange Origin of a Manakin’s Golden Crown

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/science/golden-crowned-manakin-hybrid.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Snatched by hungry eagle, little dog lives to bark the tale

Felipe Rodriguez says he thought he was hallucinating when an eagle snatched his sister's little white dog from her yard, flapped its massive wings and disappeared over the trees.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/snatched-hungry-eagle-dog-lives-bark-tale-52131165

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  • Location: North York Moors
  • Location: North York Moors
1 hour ago, knocker said:

Very sad and a sign of things to come

It’s so hot in Australia that bats’ brains are frying

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/09/its-so-hot-in-australia-that-bats-brains-are-frying/?utm_term=.406f28dd07f2

 

Is this an actual observation of nature.
In Pennsylvania it's so cold that bat brains are freezing,

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne
45 minutes ago, 4wd said:

Is this an actual observation of nature.
In Pennsylvania it's so cold that bat brains are freezing,

As usual you are incorrect. In Penn. iguanas are freezing and falling out of trees. The ignorance of Deniers never ceases to amaze me.

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

There were a couple of Icelandic Horses down at the park today. Smashing looking animals. The owner was saying that once they leave Iceland they are not allowed back so if they attend a show, or whatever, they have to be sold.

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Good to see it's an international movement.

Seagull numbers swell in line with growth of modern 'throwaway society'

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They seem to be everywhere — the coast, inland, our sporting venues and shopping strips — but why are there so many seagulls? And did you know they are a protected species?

Researchers say Australian seagulls could be the unwitting beneficiaries of an increasingly "throwaway society" ready to pounce on discarded food at the risk of their own health.

The often misunderstood native bird — officially called the silver gull — is increasingly populating areas away from the coast, even in industrial areas, as well as traditional hunting grounds like the beach and picnic grounds.

Editor of Australian Birdlife Magazine Sean Dooley said seagulls were an often misunderstood bird, yet one with an interesting societal pecking order.

"They are essentially scavengers, so they will go were the food is which is a large factor in the growth of populations," Mr Dooley said.

"They were not that common a sight 50 years ago. Indeed they were fairly thinly scattered around the coast, but since we've had human settlement with our wasteful and throwaway society, they've really bred up in numbers because we've provided a whole lot of food for them."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-04/seagull-numbers-swell-because-of-modern-society/9303374

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

I had an idea yesterday which is always a concern. Some of the trees along the south side of the lake lean over the lake at quite a sharp angle. I thought if I crouch down near the base of one and look up with a wide angle lens the result might prove interesting. One problem was I couldn't really get low enough as these days once down there I can't get back up without a crane. Ergo the result wasn't what i was hoping for, albeit the skyline lit by the low sun was okay.

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