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- The great white shark can have up to 300 teeth at anyone time arranged in 7 rows in its mouth.
- The lemon shark gives birth to live young. Babies swim away quickly to avoid being eaten.
- Fish make up almost half of all vertebrates.
- When a hag fish feels threatened it releases slime from pores making it difficult to catch.
- The sailfish can swim at speeds up to 110 km/h (68 mph).
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Featured article - Tokitae
On August 8, 1970, around 80 orcas from the Southern Resident population were captured as part of the infamous Penn Cove captures. Out of the captured orcas 7 are taken and sold to marine parks.
Former diver John Crowe, who appears in the documentary Blackfish, was part of the capture team at the time. He told of how, when the captures were over, there were several dead orcas in the nets. He and two other crew members were then ordered to cut the orcas open, fill their bellies with rocks, tie anchors to their tails and sink them.
When the bodies of some of the orcas washed ashore some months later, there was a huge public outcry of people concerned with the welfare of the animals as well as the impact of captures on wild orcas.
Read full article...Featured interview - The Black Mambas
The Black Mambas
Erica Salvemeni chats with Craig Spencer and Leitah Mkhabela, part of the Black Mambas Anti-Poaching Unit in South Africa. Craig Spencer is the executive director of Trans-Frontier Africa and founder of the Black Mambas, while Leitah Mkhabela is a supervisor and ambassador for the all-female anti-poaching unit. The Black Mambas initiative, started in 2013, employs 36 women from local tribal communities to protect wildlife, particularly rhinos, from poaching.
Featured blog - International Tiger Day
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A blog in celebration of International Tiger Day, a global event that aims to raise awareness and support for tiger conservation. Don’t miss this opportunity to join the movement and make a difference for these endangered big cats! International Tiger Day, also known as Global Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation. It is held annually on 29th July and was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia.
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WikiAnimal is an online knowledge base dedicated to the animal kingdom. Its mission is to offer a comprehensive and accessible resource for animal enthusiasts. Here you can find information about all kinds of animals, from mammals to reptiles, from birds to fish, from insects to amphibians. You can learn about their habitats, behaviors, diets, adaptations, conservation status and more.
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- Project Newshound - Newshound is a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) retrieval platform that aggregates animal related content from various sources using RSS feeds. You can then access Newshound in a centralized location to view and stay updated on news and articles from different websites. Newshound algorithms attempt to ensure that you receive timely updates while trying to avoid overwhelming you with irrelevant information.
- Project Species - an ambitious initiative dedicated to documenting the vast diversity of life on Earth. Our mission is to create an exhaustive and comprehensive repository of knowledge about every (as many!) species of animal that inhabits our planet.