Category Archives: Animal news

Animal news: Raul the peacock has landed! Back home

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Naomi

I seem to be behind in my escaped-from-zoos-news lately. The Daily News, though, just told me that Raul, a Bronx Zoo resident, who flew away a couple of days ago, has come home. The peacock people at the Zoo knew … Continue reading →

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Animal news: alligator found in Brooklyn park lake just died

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Naomi

A couple of months ago, I reported on this gator as part of a post about reptiles, including the last time I saw a python. In New York City. On the sidewalk. Sadly, the listless and freezing young gator who’d … Continue reading →

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Animal news: Why is this NOT an April Fools’ joke?

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: “This is not an April Fools’ joke,” said the founder of an Australian startup that exhibited a meatball made by inserting genes from the long-extinct woolly mammoth into a sheep cell.  

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