June 24, 2009
Save the whales -- shoot a seagull
The BBC reports, with slideshow:
Whales off the coast of Argentina have acquired a new enemy - seagulls. The gulls have learned to feed on the whales by landing on their backs and just pecking away the skin and blubber. . . .
Posted by David on June 24, 2009 3:49 PM
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New, or recently noted*? If new, I hope someone will try to find the trigger.
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* Europeans in Africa saw hyenas slinking away from lions at a kill, and assumed the kill to be the lions' for many years. It was not for decades that it became known that the kills were accomplished by the night-hunting hyenas, then appropriated by the lions around dawn.
Posted by: John A on June 24, 2009 9:06 PM
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