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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Animal News

The western Pacific gray whale once seemed destined for extinction. Now it supports a booming tourism trade.
Emperor penguins gain body heat using convection from the surrounding air. 
The giant camel was at least 30 percent bigger than camels are today.
A staggering 62 percent of all forest elephants have been killed for their ivory over the past decade.
Entomologist Steven Kutcher makes paintings that enable us to experience insect and arachnid movement in a different way.
More than 22,000 great apes are estimated to have been lost to illegal trade between 2005 and 2011.

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