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• Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owls

  12-02-2025 17:53
  
  Program is meant to help the endangered northern spotted owl – and it’s only C$5! – but rat lovers are not amusedRevenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. And for an endangered owl breeding program in Canada, it’s also a dish best served dead.For the price of a coffee, spurned and disgruntled lovers can revel in the satisfaction of having a dead rat named after an ex, before it is fed to a northern spotted owl. Continue reading...
  
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• Ran Chen: the 10 funniest things I have seen (on the internet)

  12-02-2025 15:00
  
  This theatre director has a whole show about her love for cute animals videos – and there are plenty here, including a very sleepy panda and an alligator having a spa dayMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSince the pandemic began, I’ve developed a harmless little obsession: watching cute animal videos. To this day, I maintain this healthy and undemanding daily routine (most of them are less than a minute long). It started with giant panda
  
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• Birdwatch: a nostalgic sighting of a roadrunner in Nevada

  12-02-2025 07:00
  
  I was keen to catch up the species, and my son spotted one by scrubby vegetation before we’d even got out of the car“Beep beep.” If you’re of a certain age you’ll probably recall the old TV cartoon featuring the Road Runner and his hapless adversary Wile E Coyote. But you might not be aware that it was based on a real bird: the greater roadrunner found in the arid regions of northern Mexico and the US south-west.While on a business trip to Las Vegas I was keen to ca
  
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• From the archive: The knackerman: the toughest job in British farming – podcast

  12-02-2025 06:00
  
  We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2021: Between accidents, disease and bad weather, farm animals are prey to so many disasters that dedicated professionals are called out to dispose of the casualties. It’s a grim task, and one that’s only getting more difficult. By Bella Bathurst. Read by Andrew McGregor Continue reading...
  
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• Many birds-of-paradise species emit light through their plumage, study finds

  12-02-2025 01:01
  
  Researchers found that most birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent – meaning they absorb light through their bodiesBirds-of-paradise are known for their bright and colourful plumage, but it turns out they are even more dazzling than previously thought.Researchers have found 37 of the 45 species show biofluorescence – in other words, patches of their plumage or other body parts absorb UV or blue light, and emit light at lower frequencies. Continue reading...
  
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