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POINT REYES STATION, CALIFORNIA - MAY 25: Barbie Halaska, necropsy manager with The Marine Mammal Center, removes sections of baleen from a dead juvenile Gray Whale on Limantour Beach at Point Reyes National Seashore on May 25, 2019 in Point Reyes Station, California. Scientists with The Marine Mammal Center examined the thirteenth Gray Whale that washed up dead on a San Francisco Bay Area beach to try and determine what is killing the whales. Dozens of Gray Whales have been found dead along the Pacific Coast between California and Washington since the beginning of the year, many exhibiting signs of malnutrition.
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Unique-looking bird is one of many animals born during baby boom at San Antonio Zoo
Micronesian kingfisher believed to be extinct in the wild is part of baby boom
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SAN ANTONIO – A very unique-looking baby bird was recently born at the San Antonio Zoo but it’s not alone.
Officials with the zoo said there’s been a baby boom ahead of Mother’s Day weekend with many new births, including an exceedingly rare Micronesian kingfisher which is believed to be extinct in the wild.
Zoo officials shared a picture of one baby bird that looks like it has two targets in its mouth. It’s called a crested couca and the zoo’s Instagram post said the target markings help encourage parents to feed the chicks and phase out as the bird gets older.
(Photo : Photo from Pixabay)
The move has been one of the many sad consequences of the previous administration weakening the protections of the Endangered Species Act, enabling pro-hunting state politicians to take harsher actions against gray wolves.
American wolves - a history of survival
Throughout most of the 20th century, the gray wolf of North America was a critically endangered species. From the westward expansion over the wild frontier, all the way up to the rapid urbanization of the Roaring Twenties, these developments contributed to a near-catastrophic decline of the gray wolf packs across all states. The remaining few that survived eked a meager existence on the Canadian border.