Animals news

• Fowl play: flying duck caught in Swiss speed trap believed to be repeat offender

  13-05-2025 20:06 via theguardian.com
  Image shows mallard snapped at 52km/h in same 30km/h zone as a duck on the same day seven years agoA radar image of a speed offender caught in central Switzerland last month has revealed that the culprit was not only a duck but probably a repeat offender, local authorities have said.Police in the town of Köniz, near Bern, were astounded when they went through radar images snapped on 13 April to discover that a mallard was among those caught in the speed trap, the municipality said on its Fa
  
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• I’m obsessed with protecting seals: ‘The flying ring toy was deeply embedded in her neck’

  13-05-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  It broke my heart to see a seal so injured by a £1 plastic toy. Now I campaign to ban them – and it has changed my lifeThere was an incident seven years ago that changed my life. I saw an adult grey seal with a plastic pink flying ring toy so deeply embedded in her neck that she was practically dead. It was stopping her from feeding because it was digging into her and she couldn’t extend her neck – the wounds were horrific.It broke my heart. From that moment on, I became
  
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• Fear Below review – fins go badly for shark-dodging divers

  13-05-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Gangsters chasing submerged bullion in 1940s Australia have not reckoned on a man-eating bull shark patrolling the river above itHere is a shark attack movie with a period twist: it is set in 1946, and the reason the characters are intent on diving a section of river patrolled by an aggressive bull shark is that a van full of gold bullion lies at the bottom. This results in an unusual and not unpleasant mixture of aesthetics: gangsters in sharp suits and wide-brimmed hats and a ragtag band of sa
  
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