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• 'I thought it had eaten me': whale briefly takes kayaker into mouth off Chilean coast – video

  13-02-2025 20:32
  Adrián Simancas was kayaking in Bahía El Águila in the strait of Magellan when a humpback whale engulfed him and his yellow kayak for a few seconds before letting him go. He was unharmed. Simancas's father, Dell, who was kayaking with him, recorded the incidentJust a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident caught on camera• The headline of this video was amended on 15 February 2025 to remove an incorrect reference to the whale having swallowed the kayaker Continue re
  
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• 'I thought it had eaten me': humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker off the coast of Chile – video

  13-02-2025 20:32
  
  Adrián Simancas was kayaking in Bahía El Águila in the strait of Magellan when the whale engulfed him and his yellow kayak for a few seconds before letting him go. He was unharmed. Simancas's father, Dell, who was kayaking with him, recorded the incidentJust a fluke: whale briefly swallows kayaker in incident captured on camera Continue reading...
  
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• Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera

  13-02-2025 19:33
  ‘I thought I was dead,’ said the kayaker, who was let go by humpback off the Chilean coast after a few secondsA humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker into its mouth off the Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed in an incident caught on camera.Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián and
  
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• Domestic violence study that strangled rats should not have been approved, animal advocates argue

  13-02-2025 15:00
  
  Study aimed to improve detection of brain injury from intimate partner violence, but critics say its non-fatal strangulation of animals was not justifiedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnimal welfare experts and advocates have questioned whether an Australian-led study that non-fatally strangled rats as part of research into the impact of intimate partner violence in humans should have been approved.They argue that, despite gaining necessary ethical approvals, the stud
  
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• ‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry

  13-02-2025 13:16
  
  Investigation reveals ineffective products being sold across Africa, with poor regulation and shortage of effective medication leading to needless deathsHe had heard rats scuttling around and was reaching to turn on his bedside lamp when Kamidikolo* was bitten. By the time he reached hospital, snake venom had already started breaking down his skin and muscle. The flesh around the bite was necrotising, or dying.The only treatment to stop the damage was antivenom and a vial was given to Kamidikolo
  
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• Ministers stay silent on pledge to ban foie gras as EU talks approach

  13-02-2025 12:07
  
  Exclusive: Animal rights groups fear veterinary deal aimed at reducing border checks will prevent promised import banUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have declined to restate their election pledge to ban the importation of foie gras in response to claims that a proposed “reset” with the EU will make it impossible.Negotiations with Brussels over a veterinary agreement to reduce the need for border checks on agricultural products are due to start in May with the aim of
  
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• Country diary: Resilience is a tree growing out of a rock face | Merryn Glover

  13-02-2025 06:30
  
  River Tromie, Badenoch: The rushing water catches the eye – and the ear – here, but how glorious it is to see Scots pine and larch taking root in the slightest crackIt’s only 1.30 in the afternoon, but already the sun has disappeared from this narrow gorge. High up, light gilds the tall trees of the forest against a bluebird sky, but everything below the stone bridge is in shadow. Here, the River Tromie pours down from the wind-blown heather moorland and funnels through this be
  
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