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Police are warning motorists to watch out for low-flying wild turkey after one of the large birds collided with a pickup truck Friday Read Full Story: Police issue low-flying turkey warning | London | News | London Free Press

The 6ft albino bird was spotted roaming through a Dover street early in the morning by a startled scaffolder who was driving to work. Read Full Story: In a flap: Rescue team called in to catch ostrich running loose through streets of Dover | Mail Online

Bicyclist John Hearn was one his daily bike travels when he noticed the bear out of the corner of his eye. Read Full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error

This strange behavior occurs on the island of Hahajima, Japan, where birds known as Japanese white-eyes like to eat lots of tiny land snails. Read Full Story: Snails migrate by getting eaten by birds and pooped out somewhere else

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The warning is part of a new plan being instituted by park officials to avoid a repeat of the Oct. 16 death of Bob H. Boardman of Port Angeles in a goat attack, according to the Link Removed - Invalid URL. Read Full Story: The Blotter | Goat-goring death prompts new measures at Olympic National...

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Coyote runs into home near Battle Ground Read Full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error

Nature has always been prepared to mix and match, seeking out the best qualities in a species to pass on to future generations. It sometimes happens that creatures which belong to the same genre families come into contact, though rarely, and manage to successfully breed. The results of such...

A first-class passenger in Thailand was arrested after airport authorities found his suitcases were packed with a 'virtual zoo' of baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys. The guy had a virtual zoo in his suitcases The 36-year-old man, a United Arab Emirates citizen, was bound for...

New York City Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe hold a red-tailed hawk before releasing it in New York's Central Park 2009. Violet the red-tailed hawk nesting on a Manhattan window ledge amazed experts and hordes of online fans when one of her three eggs beat the odds to hatch a...

A man arrested for keeping an alligator in his kitchen has told police he did it because the reptile impressed women. Police raided a property in Ford Heights, Illinois after receiving a tip-off that Dewayne Yarbrough had an alligator in his home. It is not clear who the information came...

Scotland has long been famed for the Loch Ness monster, but now Cornwall has its own water creature to boast about. A man out with a group of friends this weekend spotted a stag swimming in the Duporth Bay, near St Austell, and whipped out his camera to take a snap. Rich Brown admitted...

Following in the footsteps of other famous animals like Paul the octopus, two-headed tortoise Magdalena has taken on the role of tipster for the ice hockey World Championships in Slovakia. Magdalena an African spurred tortoise from the Slovakian town of Zilina was born with two heads...

Bahati the chimp seems more gympanzee than chimpanzee and certainly knows about those all-important stretches. Bahati is pictured doing what seem to be preparations for a heavy session in a fitness centre. The ape’s five-minute routine, seen by bemused onlookers, began with...

A 10-year-old girl was terrified when she discovered a five-foot corn snake lurking in her family's bathroom after it slithered up through their loo. Roberta Vaituke spotted the snake when she popped in to use the toilet. She ran to alert her parents and brother. They plugged up...

Mongolia, a land of mystery. Where the grave of great warrior king Genghis Khan, who created an empire stretching from the Baltic and Black to the Bering seas, remains undiscovered. Where the national dish has become Mongolian barbecue, the stir-fry buffet variety invented in the United States...

With the weather brightening up and two long weekends on the way, there’s every reason to smile and here are some pictures of some cute animals to start you off. Kalea the dachshund seems to have got the message. The five-year-old has been grinning since she was a puppy. ‘Kalea is by...

A photographer has got the bug for creepy-crawly close-ups – and the resulting pictures are definitely an eye-full. Thomas Shahan uses just a digital camera and zoom lens to capture macro images of spiders and insects, zooming in on the creatures’ eyes and producing images that show...

A tortoise the size of a grape is enjoying life in the slow lane after becoming the newest, and smallest, addition to a zoo. Tiny Tim, an Egyptian tortoise, tipped the scales at just 6g when he hatched a month ago. Today he is just 5cm long, but is expected to grow to 500g over the next...