10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2021

For some time after that, the hive mind of the internet was inspired to engage in an infantile but good-natured effort to bring forth a whole host of silly new names for animals, resulting in a wholesale renaming of living organisms not seen since Carl Linnaeus published his Systema Naturae in 1735.

India 264

India Ostriches Porcupines Rabbits 264

Critter News

MARCH 22, 2010

Dr Scott Roberton, head of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that hunting wild animals for meat and trafficking had been happening in many countries, especially developing ones. In Viet Nam, hunting and trade in wild animals had been alarming, he said.

Vietnam 100

Vietnam Trafficking Meat Porcupines 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

It turns out that people are not the only ones, who can adopt children – animals are good at this as well. Although, it is not for the first time when inter-species adoption occurs, but every single case is getting more and more exciting – animals can not only be friends, but parents and brothers as well.

Badgers 100

Badgers Tigers Porcupines Zoos 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

One might think that thanks to the Internet, all those ridiculous old wild animal myths handed down for generations would finally die a deserved death. Porcupines throw their quills! Porcupines can’t shoot their quills, any more than people can shoot their hair. Songbirds eat bugs, and raptors eat whole birds/animals.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 189

Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Ethiopia 189

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

I’ve seen Secretarybirds zigzag after fleeing animals, spreading their huge wings periodically, presumably in an effort to maintain their balance as they twist and turn. On several occasions I’ve seen animals that are making a beeline towards shelter double-back when the wings are spread straight into their waiting talons.

Botswana 250

Botswana Porcupines Eagles Hunting 250