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Leopards and tigers today are fairly solitary beasts, but the extinct sabertooth cat was likely a social animal that lived and hunted like today’s lions, a new study suggests.
The sabertooth cat (Smilodon fatalis) is famous for its extremely long canine teeth, which reached up to seven inches in length and extended below the [...]
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With multicolored felt strips on his tail and around his head, Ancil, a German shepherd sat obediently as his “tamer,” Lilly Griffin, told the emcee what her pet “lion” was going to do for his trick.
He was going to jump through a ring of fire, made out of a hula hoop with red and orange [...]
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This art is created not by hands, but by paws and claws. Paintings featuring the brush strokes and paw prints of animals such as snow leopards and sea lions from zoos around the nation sold Tuesday for surprising amounts of money.
Just a few minutes into the auction, a painting by Cha Cha the Lion [...]
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A police search launched after reports of an escaped lion was called off today after the animal on the loose turned out to be a big dog, not a big cat.
A full-scale operation involving a police helicopter was initiated in north Belfast last night when a large sandy-coloured animal was spotted prowling in a [...]
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A Mexican woman said she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete near the resort city of Acapulco and scared him away. Celsa Aleman said she and her 7-year-old niece were riding a donkey Monday along a road when the lion went after the animal’s legs.
The 35-year-old woman says she found the courage to fight [...]
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The reports of an African lion at large that spurred a helicopter search, a reverse-911 call to the neighborhood and a nearly eight-hour hunt by local, state and federal wildlife trackers may be false.
The “African lion” pictured in grainy photos may have just been a large dog, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Monday [...]
When you think of an animal sanctuary, the Arabian desert is probably not the first location that comes to mind. But Ronel Smuts runs such a place in the United Arab Emirates. Times staff writer Jeffrey Fleishman reports:
Life can be tough on the edge of a desert emirate where sand stings and the sun [...]
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Biologists have found that in addition to promoting an unhealthy lifestyle, the rising use of video games correlates with a reduction in outdoor nature experiences, and experiencing only “virtual nature” has negative implications for conservation efforts.
Intrepid nature photographers now use high-definition photography to bring unparalleled images of wildlife and a “you-are-there” experience approaching virtual reality [...]
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Today, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would prevent importing and confining exotic animals for the purpose of hunting. This type of hunting, commonly known as “canned hunting,” is a brutal practice of placing an animal in an enclosure that severely limits its ability to escape.
“There is nothing sportsmanlike or skillful about [...]
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