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Skunk Whisperer Frees Skunk from Peanut Butter Jar

Peanut butter is irresistible to skunks, says ‘Skunk Whisperer’ (yes – really) Ned Bruha, who was called on the scene after a newspaper delivery woman spotted a skunk with his head stuck in a jar of the tasty goo.
There is officially a ‘whisperer’ for everything.

Your life simply wouldn’t have been complete without seeing a skunk [...]

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Amphibians Going the Way of the Dinosaurs

If we don’t act soon, amphibians could disappear – forever. That may seem improbable given how many frogs, toads, salamander and newts there are on this planet, but experts say they’re in a swift decline and projected losses would constitute the biggest mass extinction since the disappearance of dinosaurs.
Amphibians are currently found on every continent [...]

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Crazy Tongue-Eating Parasite Found Off Jersey Coast

It sounds like something out of a bad horror flick: “Bizarre Tongue-Eating Parasite Discovered Off Jersey Coast!” But that’s an actual headline from Treehugger and they’ve got pictures to prove it. This ghastly little critter attacks a fish, burrows into it, eats its tongue and then proceeds to live in its mouth.
From Treehugger:
While the isopod, [...]

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Species Thought Extinct Was Just Wearing a Mask

A species thought to be extinct for centuries was just wearing a mask all this time. Scientists have long assumed that the Masked Booby was a close cousin of the Tasman Booby, which had presumably been pushed out of its natural habitat by humans.
But the two species are one and the same. Researchers cleared up [...]

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Flying Frog, Tiny Deer among 350 New Species Discovered in Himalayas

A flying frog and a tiny deer were among the incredible 350 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade, according to the WWF. And, though we may have just recently found out about them, these species are already threatened by human activities in the region.
From Yahoo News:
In a report released here, [...]

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Hungry Pelican Gets a Stomach Full of Cell Phone

A pelican looking for a tasty snack swallowed a cell phone at the Tauphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls last week.
Visitors saw a flock of pelicans playing with a cell phone and reported it to zoo officials, but by the time they got there, one of the pelicans had swallowed it. They couldn’t tell which [...]

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