Interesting Animal News Clips

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Have you seen any interesting news items about animals on New Zealand news websites and/or programmes? Share them here.

 

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Bear cub rescued from garage by mum

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A baby bear found dangling from a garage door was rescued thanks to its mother's quick thinking.

 

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Bear brawl on Florida lawn

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Two bears are caught on tape brawling on a Florida suburban lawn.

 

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Beat Keeping in a California Sea Lion

Beat Keeping in a California Sea Lion (Ronan)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yS6qU_w3JQ

One of our resident sea lions, Ronan, is the first non-human mammal shown able to find and keep the beat with musical stimuli. This challenges earlier evidence from humans and parrots suggesting that complex vocal mimicry is a necessary precondition for flexible rhythmic entrainment.