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• Wild chimpanzees filmed by scientists bonding over alcoholic fruit

  21-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage of apes consuming fermented breadfruit leads researchers to ask if it may shed light on origins of human feastingHumans have gathered to feast and enjoy a tipple together for thousands of years, but research suggests chimpanzees may also bond over a boozy treat.Wild chimpanzees in west Africa have been observed sharing fruit containing alcohol – not in quantities to get roaring drunk but, possibly, enough for a fuzzy beer buzz feeling. Continue reading...
  
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• Vets exposing shocking animal welfare breaches at Australian export abattoirs face ‘enormous risk’

  21-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyers urge government to protect veterinarian whistleblowers whose role is to monitor animal welfare and food safety for the US and EUGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers and animal welfare advocates have urged the government to protect veterinarian whistleblowers who revealed shocking animal welfare breaches and oversight failures at Australia’s export abattoirs.The Australian government relies on a workforce of veterinarians placed inside export abatt
  
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• Country diary: In the wake of an emperor | Charlie Elder

  21-04-2025 16:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Dartmoor, Devon: The moor is a sea of spring heather, but it’s the urgent flight of a manic moth that catches my eyeThe peat is dry and soft underfoot, a springy sponge topped with a green scouring pad of heather and gorse. A narrow path weaves through the abrasive stems, from the remote Warren House Inn (with its famous fire, said to have been burning continuously since 1845) down into a valley littered with the ruins of mine buildings. Vegetation has healed the scars of centuries of indu
  
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• Run, rabbit, run – and then hop! Sydney’s Royal Easter Show welcomes showjumping as you’ve never seen it

  21-04-2025 04:07 via theguardian.com
  Kaninhop emerged from Sweden but has won popularity across the globe. Some of its keenest devotees gathered in Sydney for four tension-filled eventsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastOn a crisp Sunday morning, the Pet Pavilion at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show smells of donuts and hay.A crowd mills around a fenced-off patch of astroturf, where colourful jumps set to different heights are arranged in a l
  
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