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Tunn11 said:
Fiordland (New Zealand) Moose.

Came across this while looking for anything on the Waitoreki. Never heard of this before, obviously an (unwise) introduction but are they still around?

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/secret-snaps-reveal-elusive-fiordland-moose
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l hadn’t heard of moose in NZ before, but they were there until at least 1952, apparently:

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“In 1972, Tustin found a cast deer antler, only one or two seasons old. In the decades afterwards, experienced hunters would report unmistakeable moose sign - sign being a term used for physical evidence of an animal's existence. There was a breakthrough in 2005, when two hair samples collected from separate areas in 2001 and 2002 - one of which taken from roughly the same place Tustin found the antler decades earlier - were confirmed through DNA testing by a Canadian University as being of moose origin. Because of the pummelling rain, hairs were only likely to last a month, dating the moose to this century.


TIMELINE

1910: Ten moose are released at Supper Cove in Fiordland.

1929: Hunter Eddie Herrick shoots the first bull moose under licence in New Zealand.

1934: Herrick shoots the second bull moose in 1934.

1952: The moose are presumed extinct, until Percy Lyes, part of a trio of deer cullers, claims third bull moose. Robin Francis Smith, on the same trip, takes the last verified photo of a Fiordland moose.

1971: Hunter Gordon Anderson claims to have killed a moose, but his claims were unconfirmed. Ken Tustin, for the forestry service, finds a cast antler.

1995: A remote camera catches blurry images of what appears to be a moose, but it remains unconfirmed.

2001: A hair sample taken from Fiordland is found to be of moose origin, confirming the modern-day presence of moose.

2005: Dozens more hair samples are sent to a Canadian University for DNA testing. One of those samples is also confirmed to be of moose origin.

2011: Clothing company Hallensteins offers a $100,000 prize for photos of a Fiordland moose.

2018: Hunters report new signs of what appear to be moose - chewed and snapped branches out of reach of deer, occasional footprints. New remote cameras are set up.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/104071821/there-are-signs-moose-still-live-in-nzs-wilderness

maximus otter
 
No need to mow or fertilise the lawn this week then.

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Woman who couldn’t sleep due to ‘strange clicking noises’ finds a spider living in her ear​

The woman, who was not named, was forced to seek medical help in Tainan, Taiwan, after four days of ‘clicking sounds’ in her ear that left her unable to sleep.

To everyone’s horror, when doctors took a closer look, they found a small spider crawling around her ear canal.


But that wasn’t the only thing that the medics found. The spider had moulted and shed its exoskeleton, leaving behind a creepy reminder of its stay.

doctors carefully removed both the spider and its exoskeleton from the woman’s ear canal and, despite the eight-legged visitor’s unexpected four-day stay, the woman’s eardrum was not damaged by the experience.
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There's a video.
 
Colombia has been fighting the unchecked spread of the wild hippopotamuses for years.
The South American nation currently has an estimated 169 hippopotamuses — descendants of the handful brought in by the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar for his private zoo in the 1980s.
After Escobar was killed in 1993, the animals escaped from his compound into nearby forests.
Experts say they are an invasive species that destroys fields, hurts the natural wildlife biodiversity and puts local residents in danger.
They fear that the population could reach 1,000 by 2035 if no measures are taken.

https://www.dw.com/en/colombia-to-cull-sterilize-pablo-escobars-hippos/a-67292075
 
(Gaeilge spelling of raccoon throughout)

Racoon ‘the size of a big dog’ has been a regular visitor to Co Wexford woman’s home

A racoon which is the “size of a big dog or a small pig” has been evading capture in Ballygarrett, Co Wexford despite the best efforts of wildlife experts.

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Ukrainian woman Yulia Kovalyk moved to Newtown, Ballygarrett a year and a half ago and for around the last 12 months a wild racoon the “size of a big dog or a small pig” has been appearing on her back deck each week.

At first nobody believed Yulia when she said there was a racoon in her back garden at regular intervals because of the rare nature of the animal in Ireland. "There have been three sightings of racoons around Ireland at this point so they are rare. Most likely it used to be someone’s pet and they brought it over here from the US,” said Yulia.

Yulia who is a mum of three started capturing videos of the racoon and posting them on social media to prove that it wasn’t a badger or a big cat like some people suspected. The videos proved that it was a racoon and after her neighbours saw the videos they reported the racoon sightings to wildlife protection services

Since then, WPS has set up multiple traps in Yulia’s back garden but to little to no avail as the racoon has outsmarted their attempts multiple times since they started a month ago.

https://www.independent.ie/regional...or-to-co-wexford-womans-home/a1458204894.html

maximus otter
 
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Calauit island in the Philippines has giraffe,zebra,gazelle etc roaming around.I went there years ago just to see them,Marcos the old president imported them from Africa,his son (the current president)used to fly to the island to hunt wild pigs.
 
A turtle surprise.

Rare turtle found in Wales 4,000 miles from home​

Image gallerySkip image gallery
  1. Rhossi the turtle

    Rhossi, the Kemp's ridley, one of the rarest turtle breeds, washed up on Anglesey

  3. Meg on the sandy beach

    It was found by pet dog, Meg, during a walk on Rhosneigr beach




  4. Zoo staff with Rhossi

    Zoo staff hope to nurse Rhossi back to health
At a glance
  • Second time one of the world's rarest turtles, a Kemp's ridley, ends up at Anglesey
  • 'Rhossi' was found by a dog during beach walk at Anglesey
  • The turtle is being cared for around-the-clock by sea zoo staff
One of the world's rarest turtles has washed up on a Welsh beach more than 4,000 miles from home. It's the second Kemp's ridley turtle that has been taken into the care of Anglesey Sea Zoo since 2021. And staff are hoping to nurse it back to health after it was found on Tuesday by a dog called Meg while walking with her owner on nearby Rhosneigr beach.

In September, Tally, another Kemp's ridley turtle found mainly in the Gulf of Mexico, was flown to Texas to be released back into the warmer seas. It was rehabilitated after washing up on Talacre beach, Flintshire, in 2021. The zoo said there have been about 30 juvenile Kemp's ridley turtles washed up in the British Isles, but only five have been rehabilitated and re-released.

The species was reduced to just a few hundred nesting females at one site in Mexico in the 1980s, prompting conservation efforts including setting up a second site in Texas.

"Despite these ongoing conservation efforts there are still only around 8,000 breeding females in the world today, making every individual extremely precious," said the zoo.

Rhossi, which is too young to be able to determine its sex, needs rehydration and its ambient temperature raising slowly so staff are monitoring it around the clock.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gyxl1pv49o
 
maximus otter said:
l hadn’t heard of moose in NZ before, but they were there until at least 1952, apparently:

1583373246726.jpg


“In 1972, Tustin found a cast deer antler, only one or two seasons old. In the decades afterwards, experienced hunters would report unmistakeable moose sign - sign being a term used for physical evidence of an animal's existence. There was a breakthrough in 2005, when two hair samples collected from separate areas in 2001 and 2002 - one of which taken from roughly the same place Tustin found the antler decades earlier - were confirmed through DNA testing by a Canadian University as being of moose origin. Because of the pummelling rain, hairs were only likely to last a month, dating the moose to this century.


TIMELINE

1910: Ten moose are released at Supper Cove in Fiordland.

1929: Hunter Eddie Herrick shoots the first bull moose under licence in New Zealand.

1934: Herrick shoots the second bull moose in 1934.

1952: The moose are presumed extinct, until Percy Lyes, part of a trio of deer cullers, claims third bull moose. Robin Francis Smith, on the same trip, takes the last verified photo of a Fiordland moose.

1971: Hunter Gordon Anderson claims to have killed a moose, but his claims were unconfirmed. Ken Tustin, for the forestry service, finds a cast antler.

1995: A remote camera catches blurry images of what appears to be a moose, but it remains unconfirmed.

2001: A hair sample taken from Fiordland is found to be of moose origin, confirming the modern-day presence of moose.

2005: Dozens more hair samples are sent to a Canadian University for DNA testing. One of those samples is also confirmed to be of moose origin.

2011: Clothing company Hallensteins offers a $100,000 prize for photos of a Fiordland moose.

2018: Hunters report new signs of what appear to be moose - chewed and snapped branches out of reach of deer, occasional footprints. New remote cameras are set up.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/104071821/there-are-signs-moose-still-live-in-nzs-wilderness

maximus otter
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More turtles:

Rare turtles continue to wash up on Dutch coast

For the sixth time in a short time, a rare sea turtle has been found on the Dutch coast. At 09:45 this morning, a hiker spotted a loggerhead turtle running onto the beach near Vlissingen. It is a young animal, says Jaap van der Hiele of Marine Life Rescue Team at Omroep Zeeland. Like one of the turtles that washed ashore earlier this week, it had a lot of duck mussels on its back.

"Those attach themselves to the turtle's shell," Van der Hiele said. Normally the animals remove them themselves, but if they are weakened, this becomes more difficult. The duck mussels also make them a lot heavier, making it harder for them to find food.

Even for De Boer as a specialist, it is a mystery as to why the sea turtles wash up in the Netherlands. "The only idea I have is that they somehow end up in the Channel. We know from data that they can float around there for six weeks, but then they become hypothermic. Then they stop moving and go with the current and end up here," De Boer said. "But we need to find out this further."

Once the animals are up to strength, they will be released again, says the curator. The Kemps sea turtles found will go to Houston, Texas, and then be released in the Gulf of Mexico. The box turtles will go to the Azores to continue their lives in the warm waters there.

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https://nos.nl/artikel/2502788-zeldzame-schildpadden-blijven-aanspoelen-op-nederlandse-kust
 

‘Monster’ caught in suburban lake shatters record. See the ‘world’s longest goldfish’​


An enormous golden-orange fish torpedoed through the waters of a suburban lake in Australia. Suddenly, it was corralled into a net and yanked from the water.

On the other side of the net was Dulana Herath, a biologist with PASES Aqua who was catching fish from the lake as part of his efforts to restore wetlands in Perth.

When Herath examined the more than 100 fish he had caught from Blue Lake Park in Joondalup, he noticed something particularly unusual: It was the huge goldfish.

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The catch turned out to be “what is now considered the world’s longest goldfish,” according to a Feb. 6 news release.

Herath’s catch measured a little over 20 inches long, which is nearly 2 inches longer than the previous world record set in 2003 in the Netherlands.

The lake offers “a lot of food resources” and an “ample amount of space” for goldfish that are often dumped by owners who no longer want them.

https://news.yahoo.com/monster-caught-suburban-lake-shatters-165805264.html

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Scorpion stowaway found in Wicklow woman's bag

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A Co Wicklow woman had a lucky escape after she carried a scorpion stowaway back with her from a recent holiday in Kenya.

Lorraine Dempsey discovered the scorpion in an unpacked bag 12 days after her return home.

Speaking to RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Ms Dempsey, said she lifted up her laundry basket to find a scorpion looking back at her.

"For the first couple of seconds I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but then I realised I had just come back from Kenya 12 days before.

"My brain wasn't playing tricks on me, and it was indeed a scorpion."

The scorpion quickly scuttled away, leaving Ms Dempsey to search on the internet for what to do if you find a scorpion in Ireland.

From RTE News
 
Many years back I stopped at a butty bar in Portsmouth it was quite dark
but warm we were leaned on a wall next to the stand and the owner called
to us saying come away from that wall it's riddled with scorpions, and it was,
only thing I cane think is that they had come on one of the ships and bred.
 
This Loggerhead turtle was found a bit further up the coast in Cumbria it has survived and is being looked
after at Blackpool sea life until it can be moved, it appears to be fitted with a tracking system so somebody
will know were home is.

Marine Conservation Society​

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We've had another turtle stranding this week! A Loggerhead Turtle has been found and rescued in Cumbria. Strong winds and currents from storms can sweep hard-shelled marine turtles from warm waters into the north Atlantic Gyre, to which they're not acclimatized. They're often left in poor physical condition, which may impact their navigational ability
Thankfully the turtle survived it's ordeal and is now recovering in Blackpool until it can be transferred to Scarborough and then will eventually be taken home and released in its natural waters away from the UK
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If you do find a stranded turtle, do not put it back into the sea! They aren’t adapted to survive our Winter temperatures. Instead, use the Turtle Code to report it to the appropriate organization (country specific details provided) as soon as possible, so they can recover the turtle and get it to a specialist facility where it can be treated.
Find out more about turtles in the UK and download the turtle code from our website: http://www.mcsuk.org/.../sight.../marine-turtles-in-uk-seas/
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: 1&2 Sarah Neill (British Divers Marine Life Rescue), 3 Paul Knight (who found the turtle)

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Druk said:
That one doesn’t look so big,seen some biggies in the wild.
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Yeah I think it’s just a young one. Probably someone’s pet that outgrew its tank. I know they can grow quite monstrous, with a vicious & powerful bite..
 
Police find rooster in Rotterdam hotel room

A rooster was found in a hotel room in Rotterdam yesterday. The guest had already checked out and as the animal ambulance does not transport poultry, the police were called in.

The police took the animal to shelter Zwerfkip & Zo in Boskoop. It is a young white rooster four to five months old that is very tame, an employee of the shelter told Rijnmond. She says she has never experienced anything similar before.

"I also don't understand why someone would dump him in a hotel room. That is obviously no place for a rooster."

According to the shelter, the police had taken good care of the animal and bought oat flakes for him. The rooster is in quarantine for a week to rule out that the animal is sick. "However, he does look healthy and fit," said the staff member. "If all goes well, we can place him with other hens."

https://nos.nl/artikel/2508351-politie-treft-haan-aan-in-rotterdamse-hotelkamer

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hunck said:
Yeah I think it’s just a young one. Probably someone’s pet that outgrew its tank. I know they can grow quite monstrous, with a vicious & powerful bite..
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I have seen some dustbin lid sized ones in the States and Canada, but they grow far larger.
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uair01 said:
Police find rooster in Rotterdam hotel room

A rooster was found in a hotel room in Rotterdam yesterday. The guest had already checked out and as the animal ambulance does not transport poultry, the police were called in.

The police took the animal to shelter Zwerfkip & Zo in Boskoop. It is a young white rooster four to five months old that is very tame, an employee of the shelter told Rijnmond. She says she has never experienced anything similar before.

"I also don't understand why someone would dump him in a hotel room. That is obviously no place for a rooster."

According to the shelter, the police had taken good care of the animal and bought oat flakes for him. The rooster is in quarantine for a week to rule out that the animal is sick. "However, he does look healthy and fit," said the staff member. "If all goes well, we can place him with other hens."

https://nos.nl/artikel/2508351-politie-treft-haan-aan-in-rotterdamse-hotelkamer

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Giant c*** in a hotel room? I'm going to say I didn't see that movie series.
 
Dolphins in the Thames

A pod of dolphins has been spotted enjoying a swim in the River Thames.

Matt, who captured the footage, told Metro: ‘I was on the way back from the gym and walking along the Thames pathway, and out of the corner of my eye I saw what looked like a Dorsal fin protruding out of the water.

‘I only managed to capture 3 or 4 on video, but off camera I saw around 6 to 8, all clumped together as a pod making their way along the Thames towards tower bridge.’
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Kookaburra in Suffolk

A spokesman for Suffolk Wildlife Trust said it was first spotted about nine years ago, and "seems to have made itself quite at home in Suffolk".

Jack Cripps added: "It would be an escapee, however it's not known from where the bird escaped.

"Kookaburra can live more than 20 years, so it could be around for many years to come.”
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Maharashtra: Indian boy calmly traps wandering leopard​

Imagine that you're casually scrolling through your phone and a leopard walks into the room.

That's what happened to 12-year-old Mohit Ahire from the western Indian state of Maharashtra this week. He was inside an office room in a wedding hall in Nashik district when a leopard wandered past him.
He immediately jumped up and exited the room, closing the door behind him (and he even remembered to take his phone).
Officials from the forest department later tranquillised and relocated the leopard into a forest.

The Times of India newspaper reported that Ahire is the son of a security guard at the wedding hall. As the CCTV footage went viral, Ahire got a lot of praise for his quick thinking.
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See if you can spot the leopard.

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