The Weird and the Wonderful
Rather sadly, WWF UK are reporting that Russian police in Primorsky discovered the skin of an Amur leopard in the back of car. The Amur leopard is one of the rarest animals in the world.
It is believed than less than 20 adult Amur leopards exist in the world today. Between them they may have as few as 5 cubs. The leopards are already extinct in China and Korea.
The second episode of the WWF’s Extinction Sucks follows Aleisha and Ashleigh to the beach and in no time at all find themselves discussing how and why dolphins will sometimes protect human swimmers from sharks.
A particular focus of the episode are Hector’s Dolphins. These dolphins are some of the rarest and smallest in the world. To raise funds for conservation efforts for the dolphins they gatecrash a party – and its worth watching the effects painkillers and alcohol have on more Ashleigh. Thankfully their tactics work and the manage to raise some funds.
Extinction Sucks is a new online TV program from the WWF. Each episode is half an hour long and will feature on Panda.org and Babelgum over the next six weeks.
Extinction Sucks is designed to bring quality conversation and green issue programs to the digital audience.
The world’s largest aquarium contains 8 million gallons of water and is home to more than 80,000 animals.
In an attempt to keep visitors coming in despite the incredibly tough economic climate the aquarium has combined two remarkable things; beluga whales and yoga.
Weekly yoga sessions are now held in front of large aquarium windows through which the graceful, smooth and apparenetly slow moving whales can be seen. Todd DeLaune, who leads some of the yoga classes at the aquarium, told CNN that he believes the belugas react to the practise sessions too.
It is currently legal for licensed individuals in Scotland to shoot the common seal. This is unusual for the United Kingdom, which has strict gun laws and where fox hunting was banned despite hundreds of years of tradition.
Scotland has had a large population of common seals. Shooting licenses are granted to cull the seals and help prevent damage to fish farm cages.
Recent research by the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrews University suggests that the seal population has dropped by 56% in the last 7 years. This figure is much larger than expected.
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy is a form of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) which aims to encourage well-being through the use of horses as co-therapists and the facilitators of therapy. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy uses the interaction of humans and horses to empower recovery. Horse professionals and psychotherapists are present throughout. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy is used to encourage […]
In this article we look at ten animals that have the word ‘ghost’ in their name. The world of the paranormal does have its influence on science and biology after all. 1 ) The Ghost Spider The ghost spider (anyphaene californica) is a tiny, translucent arachnid that lives in the southern parts of the United […]
