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       🤠 Rare video of 🐯 tigress and three cubs in
       Thailand
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: March 17, 2023, 11:27 am
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       DATE: March 03, 2023
       [center]Rare video of 🐯
       [glow=orange,2,300]tigress[/glow] and [glow=orange,2,300]three
       cubs[/glow] in Thailand[/center]
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       Incredible footage of a tigress and her three cubs was recorded
       in western Thailand last year. With only 148-189 wild tigers in
       all of Thailand, a tiger sighting is rare and even rarer to see
       a tigress with three well-developed cubs.
       The video was captured in Thailand’s Upper Western Forest
       Complex, one of only two regions in the country where wild
       tigers still roam. While tiger numbers are stable in Thailand,
       the numbers are still low, and the population is vulnerable to
       poaching and prey depletion.
       “I’ve seen many camera trap videos of tigers, but this one
       really stands out, it’s beautiful,” said Dr. Rungnapa
       Phoonjampa, WWF-Thailand’s Senior Project Manager. "Many people
       are giving their time and effort into protecting Thailand’s
       tigers, such as the dedicated ranger teams and conservationists,
       and it’s so rewarding to see this kind of video. It motivates us
       to keep going!”
       The video is one of a number of clips and photos captured over
       the last few years in Thailand’s national parks that have
       excited tiger conservationists. Camera trap photos of banteng—an
       endangered wild cattle and tiger prey—revealed the animals were
       returning to a national park thanks to conservation efforts,
       after disappearing from the protected area in the 1970s due to
       loggers and poachers. Tiger prey populations are fairly low
       across Thailand and work is underway to increase populations of
       animals such as sambar deer.
       Read more:
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       #Post#: 1006--------------------------------------------------
       Leopard 🐅 Cub Stranded in Sugarcane Field, Reunited with
       🐯 Mum
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: April 21, 2023, 6:20 pm
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       [center][glow=red,2,300]Leopard 🐅 Cub[/glow] Stranded in
       Sugarcane Field, Reunited with 🐯
       [glow=red,2,300]Mum[/glow][/center]
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       Wildlife SOS 234K subscribers
       4,037 views  Mar 25, 2023  #wildliferescue #wildlifesos
       #leopardrescue
       During the harvest season in the state of Maharashtra in India,
       farmers find more than just sugarcane in the fields—they also
       find little leopard cubs!
       Wildlife SOS and the Maharashtra Forest Department recently
       reunited a 45-day-old female leopard cub with her mother near
       Tejewadi village in the Pune district.
       To make the reunion a success, the team waited until nightfall
       to set the operation in motion. Camera traps placed to monitor
       the cub captured the joyful moment of the mother taking her cub
       away to safety.
       #wildlifesos #leopardrescue #wildliferescue
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       Wild Tawny Owls Adopt 6 Orphaned Owlets 🦉🦉 Full
       Story | Luna & Bomber
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: September 10, 2023, 9:10 pm
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       [center]Wild Tawny Owls Adopt 6 Orphaned Owlets
       🦉🦉 Full Story | Luna & Bomber[/center]
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       [glow=blue,2,300]Robert E Fuller[/glow]
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       />709K subscribers 6,415,091 views  Jan 19, 2023  #robertefuller
       #owl #wildlives
       Tawny owls &#129417; Luna and &#129417; Bomber warmed hearts
       around the world after adopting 6 orphaned owlets.
       Watch Luna & Bomber interact live on my nest cam:
       • Live From Fotherdale | Robert E Fuller and follow their story
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       ABOUT THIS FILM
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       Securing a nest
       The story begins as this tawny owl pair search for a suitable
       site to start a family. When they return to last year's nest,
       they have to fight barn owl Gylfie for it. But the battle is
       worth it- this nest is special to Luna. This is where she grew
       up as a fostered owl.
       Tawny owl eggs
       Luna goes on to lay 3 eggs, each 64 hours apart. Look out for
       Bomber's joyful reaction when he spots the first one.
       Eggs fail &#128550;
       
       After 30 days of incubation, it was clear that Luna's eggs were
       not going to hatch. Later I shine a torch through them and see
       they were never viable.
       Time to act
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       While a pair of jackdaws lay siege to the nest, blocking the
       tawny owl mum inside, I am called out to rescue two tawny owl
       chicks that have fallen from a straw stack.
       A solution &#129488;
       The owls need a mum, and Luna needs babies - so I open the back
       of the nest to let Luna out and clear the sticks. Then I place
       the chicks inside in hopes that she will return.
       Luna welcomes the orphans
       Hours later Luna flies back to the nest and spots the owlets.
       She rushes over and wraps them under her wings as if they were
       her own. Later Bomber meets them and his reaction is equally
       touching.
       Jackdaws return
       But the threat from the jackdaws isn't over and soon they have
       trapped the family inside. Luna is visibly distressed. Without
       my help, all three owls would surely die.
       Parents compete
       Luna, so delighted to be a mum at last, barely allows Bomber a
       moment with the chicks. So possessive over them, she pushes him
       away whenever he arrives with food or tries to spend time with
       them.
       Chicks grow fast
       With all this love and attention the chicks grow up fast and it
       isn't long before they take their first peeks outside the nest
       and flap their wings, ready to fly.
       ID Rings
       Before they go, BTO licenced bird ringer Jean Thorpe of Ryedale
       Rehabilitation arrives to clip ID rings on their legs. These are
       individually numbered and help track owl populations across the
       country.
       Flying lessons
       Luna acts as a teacher, encouraging the first chick (named Dusk
       by our livestream fans) to hop to a nearby branch before
       launching off into the trees.
       More foster chicks
       Just as Bomber & Luna's work is done, 3 more tawny owl chicks
       are handed in. Luna instantly welcomes the first, but it takes
       the owl parents a few days to realise there are more. Then a
       third rescue arrives from Doncaster. We nickname him Donny and
       watch with delight as he is accepted by the family.
       All 6 owlets fly free
       As I watch all 6 owlets flit through the trees it's incredible
       to think back at their incredible journey.
       ABOUT ME
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       I am a British wildlife artist and filmmaker on a mission to
       share my love for wildlife with the world. As well as creating
       detailed animal film and art portraits, I promote wildlife tours
       around the world and do all I can to help conserve and protect
       wildlife here at my home in Yorkshire. I hope that by putting
       nature in the frame I can foster a deep love for wildlife
       amongst my followers.
       You may like to purchase my artwork which you can find on my
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       CHAPTERS
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       00:00 Meet Luna
       00:11 Owls Search for Place To Nest
       00:42 Fight for Nest
       01:31 Luna's Adoption Story
       04:32 Luna Lays First Egg
       08:38 Eggs Fail
       08:39 Jackdaw Siege
       09:03 Rescuing Two Tawny Owlets
       09:44 Placing Owlets with Luna
       11:51 Luna Welcomes Owlets
       13:32 Owlets Meet Foster Father
       15:22 Jackdaw Trap
       20:47 Luna Possessive of Chicks
       24:00 Chick's Get ID Rings
       29:15 Chick's First Look Outside
       30:31 Allopreening
       32:25 Flying Lessons
       37:24 More Tawny Orphans
       43:07 Final Rescue
       46:23 Helping Feed Owlets
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       #robertefuller #tawnyowl #owl #wildlives #lunaandbomber
       AGelbert COMMENT:
       Heartwarming! I think owls are AMAZING!
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       [center]Designed for Darkness: The Unique Physiology and Anatomy
       of Owls[/center]
       Owls are the only truly nocturnal avian raptors and have several
       unique adaptations to perfectly fill this role. For example,
       their unique large tubular eyes, packed with light-sensitive
       cells, enable owls to operate in almost total darkness, while
       their remarkable auditory system allows them to operate in
       complete darkness. This unique and complex auditory system is a
       combination of specialised feathers forming a parabolic facial
       disc, adjustable operculum, or flaps and, in some species,
       asymmetrical ear openings. This unique system allows the owl’s
       brain to construct an auditory map of space when locating its
       prey. As remarkable as it seems, this is tantamount to owls
       being able to hear in 3D. While there are minor variations in
       the individual physiology between certain species due to the
       type of prey they take and the habitat they operate in, all owls
       are subject to the same unique adaptations in eyes, hearing,
       head rotation, feather structure, digestive system, and hind
       limb musculature. Each individual adaptation combines to make
       the owl a superbly &#9757;&#127995;
       [glow=teal,2,300]designed[/glow] nocturnal predator. There are
       some shared mechanisms and behaviour patterns that are crucial
       to its survival.
       To anyone who claims all the [glow=teal,2,300]irreducibly
       complex[/glow] anatomic and physiological systems of an Owl
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       />"evolved" by "small steps", when ALL these systems MUST
       function
       TOGETHER for the OWL to be a successful night hunter and
       reproduce, my Owl friend below has a message for you:
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       [center]Natural &#9760;&#65039;
       [color=maroon][glow=red,2,300]Selection[/glow] Part 3: A
       Seductive [glow=maroon,2,300]Swindle[/glow][/color]
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       Tiny Leopard cub returned to &#128005; mother Leopard &#129312;
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: March 13, 2024, 11:20 am
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