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Dancing in the Dark
Guest Post–Angel Alma Friday the 16th of January was a special day in Lapland. For the first time in roughly six weeks, dawn broke. It peeked above the horizon at 12:02 p.m. and disappeared at 12:43 p.m. This happened in Utsjoki, in the northernmost part of Finland. Winter nights are long in other parts of our…
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Weather Article 1
#Weathercat: My mummy and I both love the weather. She maintained a weather diary using paper for many years during her youth; now, our garden features a weather station we’ve had for quite some time. She finds it so interesting, exciting, and scary. The UK’s weather feels the impact of its island status plus its…
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Video: The Tigers of Scotland
Narrated by Iain Glen, this independent natural history documentary investigates the Scottish Wildcat, their endangered status and the conservation efforts being undertaken to prevent their extinction. Scottish Wildcats are affectionately known as Highland Tigers. The name originates from their striped fur and that they’re not only one of Britain’s largest predators, but the UK’s only…
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Badgers–Scent Glands (Badger Article 2)
Why you see a badger pop its bottom down on the ground… Scent plays a pivotal role in group and territory maintenance. Valuable tools in the act of scent-marking are the subcaudal gland (SCG), which is close to the anus, and the paired scent glands located just inside the anus—anecdotal observations suggest that scent glands between the…
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Badgers in Winter…(Badger Article 3)
Badgers slow down so much that they can happily go into a deep sleep for days or even weeks during times of harsh weather. This sleep state, torpor, requires a significant sound for awakening, unlike hibernation’s deeper state. Badgers build up reserves of fat during the autumn when there is plenty of food to eat.…
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Why Animal Testing is Illogical
Animal testing is illogical. Although humans and many other species have similar DNA, and though most organ systems are similar, subtle differences make using animal models to test food, drugs and cosmetics unreliable. Here are just three ways animals don’t react the same as humans. Rats are known to be more resistant to a certain…
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Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), Part Two
This is the second of a two-part series about FIP treatments. Until recently, no treatment for FIP was possible, and cats with the disease died within days to weeks. Because of the COVID pandemic, interest in coronaviruses increased, resulting in the development and availability of several antiviral drugs. People commonly use four: GS-441524 and its…
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Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
This is the first of a two-part series about FIP. Part one outlines what FIP is and several methods used for a possible diagnosis. FIP is a viral disease of cats that was almost uniformly lethal until recently. A recently discovered effective treatment is now available to veterinarians in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan,…
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