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What Are Auks?

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Auks are birds which belong to the Alcidae family. Auks are also known as auks. The Alcidae family includes murres, puffins, guillemot, auklet, and Dovekie. Auks are birds which look like penguins for multiple reasons; their black and white exterior, the way that they stand, and the environment that they live in. However, auks are not related to penguins. Additionally, male and female auks look similar in appearance, which is referred to as monomorphic.

Auks have the ability to fly. However, since their wings are small, they need to flap them very quickly in order to actually take flight. Auks … Continue

Meet Rosa The Sea Otter! -Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Pawesome Ladies

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Time to meet Rosa the Sea Otter, the matriarch of the Sea Otter exhibit! At 20 (!) years of age, she’s our oldest sea otter—and also one of our blondest! Quick aside: the grizzling of sea otters doesn’t have much to do with age—you can see from her pup photo that she was born blonde: https://gph.is/g/ZnxglRK Rosa was found stranded as a four-week-old pup in north Monterey Bay in September 1999. She weighed just over five pounds at the time! In April 2000 she was released back to the wild, where she spent nearly two years as a wild sea … Continue

A Tigers Truth

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Big Cat Rescue

Take a glimpse into the eyes of captive big cats and the horrors they face in human hands. WARNING: this poem may tug on your heart strings! You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile BIG CAT TV is a close look into our day-to-day operations, the conservation efforts we support, and the exotic feline residents of “Big Cat Rescue” in Tampa, FL. USA. Big Cat Rescue is an educational non-breeding, accredited, sanctuary and a registered non-profit 501c3 so your donations are tax deductible!
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Speak up for Thunder Basin National Grassland

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Defenders of Wildlife

When wildlife is in danger, they can’t speak up for themselves—so we speak for them. The prairie dogs of Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming are vital to the survival of wildlife such as mountain plovers, burrowing owls, ferruginous hawks, swift foxes, and endangered black-footed ferrets. But under a new management proposal, the U.S. Forest Service wants to scrap its current prairie dog conservation strategy and could doom the entire ecosystem. We need you to speak up for Thunder Basin National Grassland. Visit https://defenders.org/thunderbasin to help save Thunder Basin today!

Meet Abby The Sea Otter! -Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Pawesome Ladies

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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Find yourself some carwash kelp and snuggle up: It’s time to meet Abby the Sea Otter! Rescued as a newborn in July ’07 by the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Rescue Center, Abby was raised at SeaWorld San Diego. In June ’12, she joined our sea otter program, and became a surrogate mother to her first pup, Sina, in January 2013! To spot Abby in our Sea Otter Exhibit, look for the all-brown otter who loves to stick out her tongue—she also likes playing with artificial kelp, taking ice baths and eating frozen clam pops. Thanks for all … Continue