Animals

Oscar the Traveler

The dog named Oscar was adopted from animal shelter in South Africa. He has travelled around the world with his new owners. Recently, Oscar was killed by a car in California.

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Amblypygi

Amblypygi is an order of invertebrate animals belonging to the class Arachnida, in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda. They form a separate order of arachnids alongside the spiders, scorpions and others. Native to New Zealand and Australia. Amblypygids …

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Francis the Dog

Francis was found in a cardboard box next to a dumpster during a freezing rain back in February, 2011. Now Francis is a healthy adult dog. Thanks to volunteers who helped him.

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Spectacular Polar Bear Attack

Cameraman Gordon Buchanan endured an attack from a hungry female polar bear. The attack lasted 45 minutes. It was safe because the man was sitting inside a bomb-proof “perspex pod”, the on-ice equivalent of a shark cage.

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Incredible Lion Story

A young lion in Tanzania survived for three years after his neck was caught in a poacher’s snare. He was fed by his pride of lions who brought him food. Rangers at Mikumi National Park finally managed to free the …

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