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Monkey gets revenge on owner who forced him to climb trees for coconuts... by killing him with a well-aimed coconut By Andrew Drummond A monkey who tired of being forced to climb trees to pick coconuts killed his owner with a well-aimed coconut. The owner died immediately from the monkey's throw from the top of a tree in the Thai Province o… read more

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Cameras have revealed how elephants are able to get a drink of fresh water when faced with a stagnant waterhole. A BBC team discovered that the tusked giants use their trunks to delicately siphon off clean liquid that has settled at the top of the dirty pool. The footage shows how the elephants move incredibly slowly to avoid stirring up an… read more

Posted in Current Events

A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers. Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles. Further, the chimp learned to recognise how and when parts of his concrete enclosure could be pulled apart to fa… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

Landmine victim Mosha is back on the jungle trail again thanks to her jumbo-sized prosthetic leg By Daily Mail Reporter Raising her trunk, three-legged Mosha salutes her new prosthetic limb, which means she can get back on the jungle trail. The young Asian elephant lost her right front leg after stepping on a landmine aged only seven months… read more

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The rare male ducks that are quackers for each other... meaning the breed could die out in Britain By Luke Salkeld They have taken to each other like...well, like ducks to water. Which is all very disappointing for those in charge of the breeding program. Because this pair of birds represents two-thirds of the entire population of blue ducks… read more