Tigers in trouble, lyrebird lasers & why an anaconda won't eat you

  • 9 years ago
Staff at Taiwan's Taipei Zoo work to nurse a baby pangolin back to health, new protections for migratory species, some bad news for chimps in the Congo, a lyrebird that sounds like a ray gun, and why an anaconda is unlikely to eat you. Get these stories and more in this week's blast of wildlife news!

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MIGRATORY SPECIES PROTECTION
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/success-stories/new-protections-for-polar-bears-sharks-other-migratory-species

FUKUSHIMA FUSS
http://deepseanews.com/2014/11/fukushima-radiation-detected-100-miles-from-california-coast-still-not-harmful

SNAKE DEBATE
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/wtf/myths-and-legends/discoverys-eaten-alive-5-reasons-why-you-cant-get-an-anaconda-to-eat-you

TOXIC BABIES
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/12/pregnant-snake-prepares-for-motherhood-by-eating-toxic-toads

MAPPING MISTAKE
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1112-gfrn-morgan-reserve-threatened-by-mapping-error.html

TIGERS WITH DISTEMPER
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2014/11/06/canine-distemper-siberian-tigers

LYREBIRD LASERS
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/cute-and-cool/cute-and-cool/suddenly-a-volley-of-laser-blasts-from-a-lyrebird

FALSE GHARIALS BORN 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxf6Fz9xPU&list=UUa9frLowvf_zxiw4kdO9j_A

PANGOLIN CUTENESS
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/cute-and-cool/zooborns/sign-us-up-for-round-the-clock-pangolin-feeding-duty-right-now

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