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Second sperm whale found dead in Florida Keys

A 47-foot male sperm whale died off Mud Key in the Florida Keys on Tuesday.
© Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionA 47-foot male sperm whale died off Mud Key in the Florida Keys on Tuesday.
A sperm whale was found dead in the waters just east of Key West on Tuesday, the second to die within a week in the Florida Keys, state and federal officials said.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers said that an adult male beached itself on Tuesday north of Mud Key, located about 15 miles northeast of Key West, the Miami Herald reported.

On May 4, a juvenile sperm whale that was separated from its mother died after reaching shore near Key Largo, according to the Key West Citizen. The young whale had an injury to its head and its swimming was "labored," Art Cooper, who oversees the Key Largo-based Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder, told the newspaper.


Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills 20 hogs, scores more injured in Fangyuan, Taiwan

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A lightning strike yesterday killed 20 hogs and injured 140 at a pig farm in Changhua County's Fangyuan Township (芳苑) after an alleged failure to ground a lightning rod.

Most of the wounded pigs were not expected to recover and were to be euthanized, farm owner Lin Chia-chih (林家至) said, adding that he estimated the loss to be between NT$5 million and NT$6 million (US$168,322 and US$201,986).

The lightning bolt struck during an early-morning thunderstorm, hitting a spot that had been struck six months before, he said.

Bug

Canadian beekeepers suffer higher than usual winterkill numbers

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The Chair of the Canadian Honey Council says it was a great summer for bees last year, but it was also great for growing Varroa mites.

Jake Berg says Varroa mites are a major biosecurity threat that has led to a major decline in the bee population over the winter.

"Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario are all talking about kind of 45 per cent losses as an average. Quebec is probably the hardest hit with about 60 per cent loss on average, and Saskatchewan is sitting at about 30 per cent, I believe at the moment. Typically, we expect 20 to 25 per cent as a high number."

He notes for some producers that were hit hard it's going to take multiple years to rebuild their colonies.

Bug

Are COVID shots causing unexpected sudden deaths in zoo animals?

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Animals deaths appear similar to rising vaccine-related human deaths

While there are no official data suggesting an uptick in animal deaths, reports show that there may be elevated incidence of deaths among vaccinated zoo animals.

Comment: In November 2021, three snow leopards at the Lincoln Children's zoo also suddenly died of "COVID-19 complications". The zoo failed to disclose whether these animals were vaccinated or not, but during the summer of that year many zoos across the US began administering their animals with an experimental vaccine made by Zoetis.

According to the National Geographic:
"Instead of using mRNA (like the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines), a viral vector (like the Johnson & Johnson vaccine), or a live virus, it uses synthetic spike proteins to trigger the same antibodies the live virus would."
Given what we know about the damaging effects of spike protein on the cardiovascular system, its possible that at least some of these deaths were caused by vaccination.

The spike protein is toxic:


Attention

Beachgoers stunned after elusive giant squid washes up on shoreline near Cape Town, South Africa

The dead squid washed on the shoreline in Kommetjie, near Cape Town in South Africa
© Jam PressThe dead squid washed on the shoreline in Kommetjie, near Cape Town in South Africa
The body of a giant squid has washed up on a beach in South Africa - leaving beachgoers stunned.

Giant squid are one of the most mysterious creatures in the ocean with sightings of them being extremely rare.

The deep-sea monsters had never been photographed alive until 2002 and were only caught on camera for the first time in 2006.


Thanks to their elusive nature, the creatures are surrounded by legend and are thought to have inspired stories of the Kraken - a mythical sea monster which is said to have preyed on ships.


Doberman

State worker investigating dog attack is mauled to death in Red Bay, Alabama

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A longtime employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health died Friday after she was attacked by a pack of dogs, the authorities said.

The Franklin County sheriff's office identified the employee as Jacqueline Summer Beard. She was 58 and lived in Muscle Shoals.

Deputies found her body while investigating on Crumpton Road in a rural area south of the northwest Alabama town of Red Bay, near the Mississippi state line.

Beard was as an environmentalist supervisor in Franklin, Marion and Winston counties, according to the ADPH. She worked for the health department for almost 17 years.

Doberman

39 people injured in stray dog attack in Srinagar, India

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Thirty-nine people, including 17 tourists, were injured in an alleged attack by stray dogs in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city.

Locals said 39 persons were injured when a pack of stray dogs attacked them in Dalgate area of Srinagar city on Friday evening.

"The injured included 17 tourists and 22 locals. All the injured were shifted to hospital," local eye witnesses said.

Kawaljeet Singh, Medical Superintendent at Srinagar's SMHS hospital confirmed that 39 people with dog bites reported at the hospital.

Dalgate area on the bank of the Dal Lake is the hub of tourist activity in Srinagar city.

People have appealed the authorities to act against the increasing stray dog menace in the city.

Source: IANS

Doberman

Man dies from dog attack in Kewanee, Illinois

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Kewanee Police and Fire departments found a man Monday who later died after being severely injured by a dog attack, according to a media release.

Police say they responded to the 800 block of North Vine Street at about 12:34 a.m., where they found the 66-year-old man bleeding from severe wounds and not breathing. Paramedics on scene later declared the man dead.

Officials say it was later determined that at 6 p.m. Monday, the victim was trying to break up two dogs fighting when one of the dogs attacked him and bit him several times, causing multiple injuries. The man had contacted his family about the injuries but had told them that he had bandaged himself and was okay. Later, when the family of the victim returned home at midnight, they called 911 as they found him unresponsive.

Doberman

Toddler killed after stray dog attack in Telangana, India

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A two-and-a-half-year-old boy died allegedly after a pack of stray dogs attacked him at Bada Bazaar in Charminar police station limits on Tuesday night.

The child, who suffered bleeding injuries on his neck and on other parts of his bust, was rushed for emergency treatment, but was soon declared dead by doctors at Niloufer Hospital.

According to the police, the attack took place around 8:30 p.m. when the boy was playing outside his grandmother's house. "It was a pack of stray dogs," aggrieved family members and locals said.

A senior official said that the police had visited the site, gathered details and checked the CCTV footage and related evidence.


Fish

Rare deep-sea oarfish found washed up on beach in Dunedin, New Zealand

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© Bridie AllanOarfish
A self-amputating, vertically swimming, serpent-like fish has stunned Dunedin locals.

An oarfish was found on Aramoana Beach on Monday afternoon. it is estimated to have been 3.6m long.

The creature was last seen in Dunedin in 2015 - at a size of 3m long.

The species is known to reach lengths of more than 8m and is usually found hanging in a vertical position.