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Red wolves — and their haunting, high-pitched howls — are back at Point Defiance. A breeding pair named Graham and Ocean Blue were released Monday into new, elegant digs at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, to be followed by three more.

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Port Jacksons are Extremely Difficult to Get to Breed Successfully By Drew Cunliffe Tynemouth, UK - Aquarists at Tynemouth’s Blue Reef Aquarium have put on display a selection of bizarre corkscrew-shaped eggs which have been laid by a newly-arrived Australian Port Jackson shark. The female, who has been nicknamed ‘Sheila’, was only introduced into the aquarium’s giant ocean display last week in …

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Red wolves – and their haunting, high-pitched howls – are back at Point Defiance. A breeding pair named Graham and Ocean Blue were released Monday into new, elegant digs at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Three more wolves – 3-year-old sisters Nami, Tala and Mika - will be transferred to the exhibit today.

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For Midland biologist Craig Bill, designing aquariums has always been about more than simply housing fish.

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pDoes your home have things that go together in a group. Is collecting stuff a career for you or is it just something that is fun?/p
pIt is possible that you enjoy shopping and looking at all of the things that people collect. There are lots of small things that people love to collect. The key to building a great collection is in understanding what it takes to secure the best collectibles. For a lot of collectibles it is not as simple as going to the department store and handing over a credit card to find what you are looking for, there is a lot more work involved than that. It can literally be an Easter egg hunt to try to find the treasures you seek. When you are shopping for collectibles but do not have a specific item in mind or if you do not plan to spend a large amount of money, then a flea market is a great place to shop, but, if it is a specific item you are looking for, then many sites on the internet can provide you with the location of these items likenbsp;a id=internal-source-marker_0.44754500314593315 href=http://www.myfrogcollection.comwww.myfrogcollection.com/a. This opens up a whole new world of places that a person can look at to find that perfect piece that they desire. /p
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pThere are several hobbies that have regular meetings and are organized into a group activity that a person can turn to. This would be a way for you to meet other people who share your passion and who can guide you to some of the best places to find what you are looking for. Just because you donrsquo;t have one locally does not mean that you canrsquo;t organize one. It is common to find someone who is a collectible fanatic. Sometimes people struggle to discover the best thing they can to add to their collection. But for anyone who has started the hobby of collecting they know that it is fun to just go out and look./p

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CHICAGO — Dead set against people keeping chimpanzees as pets, Lincoln Park Zoo primatologist Steve Ross flew to Montana last year to face Jeanne Rizzotto, a wealthy Realtor who had declared on national television that somebody would have to step “over my dead body” to take her two pet chimps away.

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There was a time when Manhattan cabbies refused fares across the Brooklyn Bridge and a time when transplants to New York didn’t believe they really lived in New York unless they were somewhere in Manhattan, even if it was inside a glorified closet with a toilet and microwave.

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She Weighed an Astonishing 130 Kilos, Nearly Twice What She Should Have Weighed By Michaela Bowness Scarborough, UK - A marathon diet lasting a staggering 10 years has finally come to an end for a Scarborough Sea Life Centre Aquarium rescued loggerhead sea turtle! Turtle Antiopi suffered brain damage from a head wound inflicted by a collision with either a boat propeller or an unfriendly …

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The Little Guys Clearly Managed Quite Well Without Our Intervention By John Filmer Blackpool, UK - The surprise births of two cute baby Madagascan ‘gold dust’ geckos has capped a month of breeding triumphs at Blackpool Sea Life Centre. Staff had noted some feverish courtship by their parents, but never managed to spot any eggs…so the sudden appearance of the healthy inch-long youngsters brought …

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