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Grace Helps Release A Special Echidna | Wildlife Warriors Missions

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This YouTube video was produced by The Australia Zoo.

Grace joins Bindi and Terri to take Cocoa the echidna back home after her stay at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

We are Wildlife Warriors. We fight for an extremely important cause – to protect our wildlife and wild places! Join us on our missions as we follow in the footsteps of the original Wildlife Warrior, Steve Irwin, and continue the work that he was so passionate about. From Tigers in Sumatra and Cheetahs in Africa, to Saltwater Crocodiles and Koalas in Australia. The ultimate mission is to save one,

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Island Scrub-Jay: Unique Endemic

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

The Island Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma insularis) holds a unique title: the only island endemic bird species of mainland North America. Once part of the species known simply as Scrub Jay which was split into separate species in 1998, the Island Scrub-Jay is noticeably larger and more brightly-colored than its near relatives, including the Florida Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma coerulescens). Fossil remains suggest that it probably diverged from its closest relative, the California Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma californica), about 150,000 years ago.

Like other species endemic to islands, such as Darwin’s famous finches and birds of the … Continue