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Unusual animal behaviour: Sea lion chases down fishing boat and jumps on board

Leon Siciliano
Daily Telegraph
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:18 UTC
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Incredible footage shows a sea lion chasing down a fishing boat before leaping on board to collect a fish

An amusing video has emerged of a sea lion jumping onto the back of a fishing boat.

The video, captured off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico late last month, shows the determined seal trailing behind the boat before leaping on board to collect a piece of fish.

After collecting the fish, the sea lion reverses back into the sea and swims away.

"Sea Lions often follow fishing boats in Cabo San Lucas in the hope of getting a free meal," the filmer wrote online.


Source: Newsflare / tony1971
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Deer crashes through window into home in Strykersville, NY

Ben Hooper
upi.com
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:22 UTC
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A New York state woman was trapped inside her bedroom when a young buck crashed through a front window of her home.

Wyoming County Sheriff Deputy Matthew Sage said the Strykersville woman called police at 8 a.m. Monday and reported being woken by the sound of a deer crashing through a front window.

The homeowner locked herself and her Rottweiler in the bedroom to keep them safe from the intruder.

Sage said he arrived at the home to find the buck, which appeared to be about a year and a half old, standing in the woman's living room. He said the woman was on the phone giving him information on where to find a key to the house when the deer jumped back out of the home through another front window.

"He landed in the lawn ... Got his balance. Just trotted off across Main Street and into a field of woods," Sage told The Buffalo News.

Sage said the deer may have been confused by his reflection in the window.

"Maybe he thought it was another buck and jumped after it," he said. "This time of year we do deal with a quite a few deer complaints."
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Fish

Victims of methane vents? 4 kilometres of dead sardines wash up on the coast of Hokkaido, Japan


fukushima-diary.com
Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:51 UTC
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On 11/3/2014, numerous sardines were found washed ashore in Pacific coastal area of Hokkaido. A fisherman found them around 6AM in the day.

The location was Mukawa-cho in Hokkaido. The dead sardines were approx. 15 ~ 20cm long, which were fully grown. They were found washed ashore for 4km along the coast.

The local fishermen state they have been fishing there for 60 years but haven't seen such a thing.

Comment: See also: Millions of dead herring wash up on Isle of Man coast, UK

Casualties of seafloor methane gas release? Hundreds of thousands more fish found dead in Plymouth tidal pool, UK

Hundreds of methane plumes erupting along U.S. Atlantic coast

Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

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A second tropical pufferfish washes up dead in Europe within a week

Euan Stretch
Daily Mirror, UK
Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:44 UTC
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Deadly: The Oceananic pufferfish
The poisonous Oceanic pufferfish - Lagocephalus lagocephalus is a delicacy in Japan but they rarely enter British waters

A Beach walker was stunned when he found a deadly pufferfish - washed up in Dorset.

At first glance the bizarre-looking fish appeared to be a large bloated mackerel.

But it soon became apparent it was a deadly pufferfish, normally only found in sub-tropical waters.

It appears to have died while in full defensive mode, with its stomach fully inflated.

The species is well-known for ballooning in size by filling their bodies with water or air to deter predators from attacking them.

Comment: See also: Poisonous tropical puffer fish found dead on Dutch island beach

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UK mystery of still warm and bleeding dead dolphin found in village a mile from the sea

Ben Cusack, Dan Cain
Daily Mirror, UK
Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:32 UTC
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Mystery: The covered body of the dead porpoise
Residents of Tarring, West Sussex, say the body of the 4ft mammal was warm and dripping with blood - the RSPCA is investigating the strange discovery

Residents of a village a mile from the sea are stunned after finding a dead porpoise in an alleyway - lying in a pool of its own blood.

The 4ft long creature - similar to a dolphin - was discovered in Tarring, just outside Worthing, West Sussex, and appeared to have died recently.

Locals have no idea how the 12 stone mammal got there.

Tim Allen, 31, was one of the first people on the scene after being alerted to the grim discovery by a neighbour.
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36 stranded pilot whales die in New Zealand


BBC
Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:39 UTC
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About 36 pilot whales that had become stranded in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand have died.

Two whale pods beached themselves in the Ohiwa harbour on the north-east coast on Monday.

Wildlife conservationists launched a rescue operation and helped one pod to be refloated on Tuesday, while 21 more whales were successfully herded out to sea on Wednesday.

The reasons for mass pilot whale strandings are not well understood.

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Python emerges from toilet, bites Thai woman and tries to drag her back to its nest

Khier Casino,
Opposing Views
Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00 UTC
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A Thai woman was nearly killed by a python that crawled out of her toilet Monday.
A Thai woman claims that she was nearly killed by a python that crawled out of her toilet Monday.

Rampeung Onlamai, 57, of Samkok, Thailand, was taking a shower at her apartment north of Bangkok when the huge snake sank its fangs into her right hand and attempted to drag her down the drain, Metro reports.

Rampeung grabbed a nearby broom to fend the animal off and called out for her daughter, who jumped in to save her and pull the python's head off her hand, Metro reports. The python then returned to its toilet nest.

Comment: See also: Snakes alive! Countless reports of snakes turning up in weird places

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Health

Butan man survives bear attack


kuenselonline.com
Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:18 UTC
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A 24-year-old man from Khelakha, below Nobdhing in Wangdue is recovering at the Bajo hospital after he survived a bear attacked on November 1.

The victim, Lobzang, said the bear attacked him when he was on his way to the irrigation water source along with two friends and three small dogs when the bear attacked at around 11am on Saturday.

"I was walking ahead. A big black bear came in front of me and suddenly attacked me," he said. "I managed to take out the knife and hit it once but it couldn't do much harm and the bear wrestled me to the ground."
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Sloth bear attacks and injures two in Korba, India


The Times of India
Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:59 UTC
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The Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
Two persons were injured after a sloth bear attacked them at Korkoma region in Korba district on Saturday evening.

Kurkuma village is located about 25km from Korba city which witnesses frequent instances of human-animal conflict involving both elephants and bears.

The incident took place when Rajkumar Manjwar and Man Singh went into nearby forest for grazing their cow and a sloth bear along with its cub attacked the herd and the duo. Man Singh and Manjhwar were injured but they managed to flee.
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Dead minke whale washes up on beach near Almeria, Spain

David Jackson
davidjackson.info
Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:18 UTC
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A 16 metre long Minke whale has washed up on Retamar beach near Almeria city today.

It's a common sort of whale in the Med, but this fully grown specimen caused much alarm when it was spotted at about 12:30 today just offshore, and calls were placed to the emergency services.

Specialists from the sealife charity Equimar turned up and confirmed the animal was dead. Specimens were taken from the animal for later analysis, but a preliminary check by the specialists indicated that the animal had lost its dorsal fin, probably by being hit by a fishing boat, and probably died shortly afterwards as it would be unable to hunt.
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