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• Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving

  25-02-2025 16:00
  
  For the next few weeks we’re asking readers to nominate their invertebrate of the year: click here to give us your suggestionsDoes a worm feel pain if it gets trodden on? Does a fly ache when its wings are pulled off? Is an ant happy when it finds a food source? If so, they may be sentient beings, which means they can “feel”, a bit or a lot, like we do.Invertebrate sentience is becoming an ever livelier topic of debate and with new science we are getting new insights. But Dr An
  
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• XL bullies are like loaded guns, UK police say after attack on man, 84

  25-02-2025 15:01
  Officers had to fire 19 rounds into two dogs to stop incident in Warrington that left victim fighting for his lifeHaving an XL bully is “like owning a loaded firearm”, police have said after officers had to unload 19 rounds into two dogs to stop a “ferocious” attack on an 84-year-old man.The victim, who was left fighting for his life in hospital, was walking along a residential street when he was dragged into a garden and mauled at about 6.40pm on Monday. Continue reading
  
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• Dartmoor wild boar sightings prompt suspicions of guerrilla rewilding

  25-02-2025 07:00
  
  Dog walker’s close encounter prompts debate over whether the animals, once native to UK, should remainSightings of wild boar on Dartmoor have raised suspicions a guerrilla rewilder has been releasing them – and prompted a debate over whether they should be allowed to remain.Videos of a group of boar on the moors in Devon were posted online earlier this month, and a dog walker has recently complained of a close encounter with one of them, which frightened his pet. Continue reading...
  
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• Shimmering oarfish rarely seen near ocean surface pops up on Mexico beach

  25-02-2025 03:15
  
  Distinctive, slender deep-sea creature, also known as ‘doomsday’ fish, seen wriggling on Baja California beachA shimmery, slinky oarfish – a deep-sea creature that is rarely seen near the surface – was spotted in Baja California Sur, along Mexico’s Pacific Coast, this month. A group of people visiting the area noticed the shiny, wriggling fish along the beach, and tried to guide it back into the water.The slender creatures live at depths between 660 and 3,280ft unde
  
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• Rare oarfish appears in shallow waters off Mexican beach – video

  25-02-2025 02:39
  A rare oarfish, also known as a 'doomsday' fish, and said to be a bringer of bad news, was discovered in shallow waters in Baja California, off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Oarfish live all over the world, and are usually found at depths of about 600 ft, but can be found living much deeper, and tend to be found ashore only after storms or when they are dead or dying Continue reading...
  
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