The best thing you can do when you come across young wildlife is to leave it alone.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has a saying: If you care, leave them there.
Taking a wild animal from the wild not only decreases its chances of survival, but can be dangerous. While some young animals appear to be abandoned, they usually are not, with their mothers nearby watching over them and waiting for you to move on, DNREC said in a statement. Many wildlife species, including white-tailed deer, leave their young while they forage for food, visiting only a few times a day, with the young animal’s natural instinct to lie quietly to protect them from predators.
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After 17 years of feeding on roots and sap below ground, the cicadas have pushed above the surface, leaving exoskeletons behind in Maryland. (Matt King)
MARYLAND The 17-year cicadas are on the move in Maryland.
Signs of the creatures have cropped up everywhere from yards to trees. THEY RE HEEEERE! the Maryland Department of Natural Resources reported Sunday, advising residents they may notice unusual sights and sounds over the next couple of months.
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Photo by Matt King.
Since 2004, the Brood X cicadas have been burrowed underground feeding on sap from tree roots.
Brood X periodical cicadas, also known as the Great Eastern Brood, are only found in the eastern United States and emerge once every 17 years.
1,000+ pounds of frankenfish removed from Susquehanna River
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More than 1,000 pounds of invasive snakeheads – sometimes known frankenfish – and other invasive species like flathead and blue catfish were removed this spring from the Susquehanna River about 5 miles downriver from Pennsylvania.
Workers at the Conowingo Dam fish lifts caught and removed the fish, which will be provided to local food banks and used in research.
The fish lifts were installed on the east and west sides of the dam decades ago to help migrating native species of fish, such as American shad and river herring, navigate the dam-blocked Lower Susquehanna River to reach their spawning grounds upriver.