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Author: Dawn Walton

Recovering newspaper reporter.

Forget snakes on a plane. Check out raven on a train.

April 30, 2017

Playwright Max Sparber spotted the most wonderfully bizarre thing on the subway yesterday. A girl and her raven. “Sure, you’re goth, but are you…

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Lion’s Gate Sanctuary euthanizes 11 animals leaving operators and critics devastated

April 28, 2017

A wildlife sanctuary in Colorado is fighting back against public outcry after it euthanized all of its 11 animals. Lion’s Gate Sanctuary, which has…

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Only in Canada: Fat beaver stuck in fence falls “arse over teakettle”

April 27, 2017

A chubby beaver found itself wedged between two bars of a wrought-iron fence sent Canadian wildlife officers scurrying to the rescue. The beaver, Canada’s official animal…

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Wednesday Zen Moment: First wild bison calves born in Banff National Park in 140 years

April 26, 2017

Earlier this year, wild bison were reintroduced to the backcountry of Banff National Park after a 140-year absence. And now, Parks Canada has announced the…

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Squee! It’s World Penguin Day and the internet is swimming in the most adorable images

April 25, 2017

Today is the cutest day on the web. April 25th is officially World Penguin Day, which the Global Penguin Society, and humans of all…

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Scientists discover frog slime wipes out flu virus

April 25, 2017

If you didn’t love Kermit the Frog before, you will now. A team of international researchers have found that mucus secreted by South Indian frogs can…

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Toxin killed two beluga whales at Vancouver Aquarium

April 22, 2017

Officials know why, but not exactly how two beluga whales died at the Vancouver Aquarium. A five-month investigation concluded that a toxin, which was…

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All Aboard! Except these two. Cougars spotted on SkyTrain tracks in Port Moody

April 22, 2017

An unusual pair of commuters arrived a whisker too early to ride the SkyTrain on British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. Two adult cougars were caught…

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Sharpshooters: Wildlife officers untangle two elk locked at the antlers

April 20, 2017

Left to themselves, these two elk surely would have died. But Fish and Wildlife officers in northern Alberta managed to get between to bull…

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French bulldog skateboarding wows internet. Because, of course.

April 20, 2017

Serendipity is the best. And on this day, Imogen Russell Williams came upon the most marvellous thing. A French bulldog skateboarding. As they do. Or, as…

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