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Jaguar will get habitat protection in U.S. Southwest
Source: Los Angeles Times-Greenspace Photo Credit: Arizona Game and Fish Department
Jaguars occasionally are spotted in the Southwest, but usually because they cross from northern Mexico. Arguing that jaguars were native to Mexico rather than this country, the Bush administration refused to designate habitat for the endangered animal, which would give the cat special protection in certain areas. The Center for Biological Diversity filed three lawsuits since 2004 trying to compel that action. Last March, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to agree to designate a habitat.
On Tuesday, the Fish and Wildlife Service said it would do so and also draw up a recovery plan for the species......
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Need honey? I've got it licked: Meet the bear with the foot-long tongue
Source: MailOnline News By: Scott Warren
The sun bear may stand just four feet tall, but this bear's amazing tongue shows, it is big in other areas. The odd-looking animal uses its impressive foot-long tongue to steal honey from beehives in tree trunks. This bear, a resident at St Louis Zoo in Missouri, in the U.S., was snapped by wildlife photographer Vearl Brown.
Brown, 74, said; "This bear was up in the tree as usual and as I set up my tripod and aimed my camera at him he raised his head and yawned. Then, while he was yawning this very long tongue came falling out of his mouth. But I was lucky enough to be there and had the camera on him when he did."
The sun bear, which is the smallest member of the bear family, has almost no non-human predators due to its sharp teeth, but is classed as vulnerable due to the killing of nuisance animals by farmers. It is native to the rainforests of south east Asia.....
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