http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/
The tail of a 99-million-year-old was found preserved in amber. These feathers are evidence that dinosaurs had feathers and give us a push to a better understanding in evolution. with current study, it is believed that although they had feathers, they were not capable of flying. The tail can be seen by the naked eye. This discovery builds on a stack of existing research that supports evidence for feathered dinosaurs and can lead to more discoveries.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/african-wild-dogs-snares-poaching/
In the savannas, african wild dogs known as African painted dogs, are hunted by bush-meat poachers. When one dog is caught in a trap, the whole packs goes to help it causing them to also get caught in the deathly trap. These african dogs used to roam freely around 39 African countries but are now listed as endangered and their population has decreased by 90%. There are now less than 7,000 in only 5 of the countries. The traps that choke ,around their neck alost always kill them. But now there is a new solutiona snare- proof collar. This collar is designed to catch the wire before getting the dog's neck allowing them to escape. The prototypes have been tested to be more than 80% efficiant. If they work once tested in the wild, by the spring of 2017 100 dogs will be collared to help 20% of the population in Africa.
The collars made to help prevent the wild dogs from being killed by poachers is genuis. I hope to see someday a bigger population of the dogs to have the collars and prevent more deaths. |
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