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Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990

Patrick Barkham
The Guardian
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:23 UTC
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© Eduardo E Zattara/Universidad Nacional del Comahue
An introduced honey bee and a smaller native sweat bee share a flower in a Patagonian forest.
The number of wild bee species recorded by an international database of life on Earth has declined by a quarter since 1990, according to a global analysis of bee declines.

Researchers analysed bee records from museums, universities and citizen scientists collated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, (GBIF) a global, government-funded network providing open-access data on biodiversity.

They found a steep decline in bee species being recorded since 1990, with approximately 25% fewer species reported between 2006 and 2015 than before the 1990s.

Comment: As noted above, it's not exactly clear what's going on, but it is of course possible that we're seeing a decline in bee diversity and/or numbers. And there are likely a number of factors that could be contributing to a decline, what with the multiple assaults on wildlife, including pesticides, herbicides, monocultures, a shifting and increasingly extreme climate, as well as from the meddling of so-called environmentalists:

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Dead whale, one of Mediterranean' s largest, found off Italy


PHYS.ORG
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:35 UTC
The carcass of a huge dead whale is towed by Italy's coast guard to the port of Naples

The carcass of a huge dead whale is towed by Italy's coast guard to the port of Naples
The carcass of a huge whale has been recovered from the waters off southern Italy, the coastguard said Wednesday, calling it "probably one of the largest" ever found in the Mediterranean.

The dead mammal was spotted in the sea on Sunday near the popular tourist destination of Sorrento by coastguard divers who were first alerted to the presence of a smaller whale, which has since disappeared into the sea.

The coastguard said it recovered the carcass overnight Tuesday and then towed the whale from Sorrento by sea to the port of Naples, where it will be analysed by marine biologists and other experts looking for a cause of death.


Comment: Dead whales have also been reported during the last few days on the shores of the UK, Bali in Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.

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Child dies from pit bull terrier attack in Brunson, South Carolina

Nicholas Papadimas
abcnews4.com
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:16 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A Hampton County child is dead after being attacked by a pitbull in Hampton County Wednesday afternoon, according to the Hampton County Sheriff's Office.

On Wednesday, Jan. 20, Hampton County deputies said they were called to a home on Mullins Ford Road in Brunson regarding a juvenile being attacked by a dog.

When deputies arrived, they said they found the child deceased.

Hampton County Animal Control also responded to the scene, deputies said. The dog was found a short time later, taken by Hampton County Animal Control and was euthanized.

Deputies said the case has been turned over to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

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Animals are frozen solid as temperatures drop to -56 Celsius in Kazakhstan

Will Stewart
Daily Mail
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:44 UTC
Animals including this dog have been frozen solid after temperatures dropped to minus 56C in Kazakhstan

Animals including this dog have been frozen solid after temperatures dropped to minus 56C in Kazakhstan
Animals have been frozen solid after temperatures dropped to minus 56C in Kazakhstan.

Videos show both a hare and a dog frozen to death amid bitter conditions sweeping across the vast Central Asian nation.

The hare was trapped while climbing through a fence before dying in the arctic conditions and its body had to be pulled free by locals.

The dog appears to have become stuck while walking through a snow-covered field.


Comment: See also: Kazakhstan hit by Arctic chill, temperatures down to -40 degrees Celsius with 3 people freezing to death

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Woman mauled to death by her dog in Trinidad


Loop
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:18 UTC
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A 56-year-old woman was killed yesterday evening in an attack by her dog.

The deceased has been identified as Gaytrie Chanderpaul, of Andrew Lane, D'Abadie.

Loop News was told that at about 6:45pm on Tuesday, Chanderpaul was about to give her rottweiler a treat, when the dog suddenly attacked her. She was mauled by the animal.

The victim's 32-year-old daughter, on hearing the commotion, rushed to her mother's aid.

Chanderpaul was taken to the Arima Health Facility, however, she succumbed to her injuries about an hour later.

Cpl Metivier is continuing enquiries.
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Ice Age Farmer Report: "Animals are Dirty & Dangerous" - Hungary to kill 101k Hens - Pets Next?


Ice Age Farmer
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:12 UTC
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Australia announces it will kill a pigeon that travelled 8,000 miles across the Pacific (because COVID!), reinforcing that animals and humans can no longer be allowed to travel freely in the "New Normal."

Hungary is set to cull 101,000 hens, eliminating a chunk of their egg production, after an outbreak of bird flu, just like Lithuania, Russia, UK, France, Germany, Japan... the mass culls are everywhere, and also throw a wrench into the gears of meat import/export market.

Christian covers the latest developments in the "animals are dirty and dangerous" narrative that is part of the war on animal agriculture and Agenda 2030.


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Kenya braces for return of devastating locust swarms

Nazanine Moshiri, George Obulutsa
Reuters
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:39 UTC
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Swarms of desert locusts have reappeared in East Africa to the dismay of farmers and villagers who witnessed them wreak havoc on their crops and pasture in previous years.

Locust swarms first soared in number in late 2019, as a result of unusual weather patterns amplified by climate change. They dispersed eastwards from Yemen leaving Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia hardest hit.

"In Kenya, several immature swarms are arriving every day and spreading west throughout northern and central areas," the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement.

"Swarms have now been seen in seven counties ... compared to four last week. A few swarms are starting to mature."


Comment: Plagues of locusts are being reported from all around the world these days. It is likely related to increasingly erratic seasons and extreme weather patterns, which is not a consequence of 'global warming' as parroted relentlessly by the MSM: Global cooling to replace warming trend that started 4,000 years ago - Chinese scientists. See also:

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Animal attacks worsened during lockdown across Indian state of Uttarakhand, deaths rose from 58 in 2019 to 63 in 2020

Shivani Azad
Times of India
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:53 UTC
Stock image of leopard
© Getty
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) worsened in Uttarakhand in 2020, with 63 lives lost to fatal encounters with wild animals, as compared to 58 deaths in 2019. Half of the deaths were caused by leopard attacks, which saw a significant spike in 2020. Leopards killed 31 humans in the hill state in 2020 as compared to 18 in 2019. The data was exclusively accessed by TOI from the Uttarakhand forest department.

Apart from the usual reasons like habitat encroachment that trigger HWC, experts believe deserted roads during the lockdown added to the problem. The lockdown emboldened the big cats, who ventured into human habitats more freely than ever before.

"In the first half of 2020, people stopped going to forests to collect fodder and firewood. The dogs accompanying them, which leopards typically preyed on, also stopped coming. As a result, leopards started entering human habitats more frequently," said chief wildlife warden of Uttarakhand forest department, JS Suhag.
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Shocking discovery: Electric eels hunt in packs in Amazon rivers

Sofia Moutinho
Science Magazine
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:00 UTC
Electric eel
© Youtube
Electric eel

When darkness comes, electric eels emerge from South American river bottoms to attack their prey with up to 860 volts of electricity — enough to kill a person. Now, scientists have revealed the snakelike fish don't always go it alone: They hunt in packs, similar to wolves, orcas, and some species of tuna. The finding, a first among electric fishes, may open the way for new studies to investigate when social predation evolved among fishes.

"I was shocked," says Douglas Bastos, a biologist at the National Institute of Amazonian Research who first saw a group attack in 2012. Usually the eels, which can grow as long as a broomstick and weigh up to 20 kilograms, prey alone at night, targeting single resting fishes, he notes. "This behavior is unprecedented for electrical eels and also rare among freshwater fishes."

Comment: In recent years science has come to discover that there is cross-species hunting cooperation, so, whilst this is an interesting find, some of the comments in the article above also reveal just how limiting the scientific perspective can be sometimes; and particularly that shaped by Darwinian theory: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Nearby wind park blamed for health issues and cow deaths by French farmer

P. Gosselin
No Tricks Zone
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 18:17 UTC
More than 400 cows have died mysteriously since a wind park was built near a herd in 2012. Local residents also suffering health issues: "permanent fatigue, muscle aches, headaches, insomnia"
Dead Cow
© Potiron family
Earlier we wrote about the adverse health impacts of wind turbines and on humans and animals, read here and here. Also search NTZ zone using the search word "infrasound".

Cause unknown

Recently French farmer Didier Potiron reported that 400 of his cows had died since a wind park was built close by in 2012. Veterinarians cannot find a cause and remain puzzled. People are also feeling ill.

According to French site actu.fr, "In Puceul, near Nozay (Loire-Atlantique), cow breeders Didier and Murielle Potiron registered in mid-December 2020 their 400th dead cow since the construction of the wind farm." Since the unusual deaths began in 2012, that's a rate of about 1 lost cow a week.
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