Animals

A snow-white alligator was born in the zoo of the American state of Florida. This was reported by the Gatorland Zoo in Orlando in the social network X.

The newborn girl weighs 96 grams, and her length is just under 100 centimeters. It is noted that a boy of normal colour was born along with her. It is claimed that this is the first case of captive birth of an alligator with leukaemia – a mutation that causes partial loss of pigmentation of the outer skin. There are a total of eight such individuals in the world. “It’s not just ‘rare,’ it’s absolutely extraordinary!” — reported zoo president and CEO Mark McHugh.

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An Australian resident survived a shark attack and suffered lacerations. This is reported by The Sydney Morning Herald.

The 20-year-old girl was swimming at a private jetty in the suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, when she was attacked by a shark. The predator bit into her right leg. The girl was seriously injured but managed to get to land.

She was attacked about 20 metres from the jetty. There was blood in the water and all over the jetty. She was badly injured. Her leg did not look good

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In the United States, a herd of cows that escaped from a farm terrorised residents of a town in the state of Pennsylvania. This is reported by UPI.

People complained that the animals have been freely roaming for several months in the neighbourhood of Brookhaven in Mars Township, entering yards, spoiling gardens and destroying Christmas decorations.

What’s more, sometimes bulls wander into yards along with the cows. “My neighbour across the street has a bull gone to sleep right next to his cars in his driveway. They get into backyards. And they shit everywhere,” Ben Ratjen said.

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In Kenya, a hyena mauled a woman on her way to work and caused protests with road closures. This is reported by Kenyans.co.ke.

The tragic incident happened near the country’s capital Nairobi around five in the morning. The victim was walking to work when she was attacked by a wild animal. The woman was seriously injured and was not taken to hospital in time.

Immediately after the incident, locals staged mass protests and blocked the highway near their village. They said that this was the second hyena attack on a human in a month, not counting those that happened earlier in the year.

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Two large pandas, given by China to the UK in 2011, will return home in December. This was announced at a briefing on Friday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, RIA Novosti reported.

Earlier BBC News reported that the two pandas spent the last day in the enclosure in front of the public and are preparing to depart from the zoo in Edinburgh to China. The pandas Yang Guang and Tian Tian arrived in Scotland in December 2011 as part of an agreement between the Zoological Society of Scotland and the China Wildlife Conservation Association. The pandas’ lease was for ten years, but was extended for two years due to a new coronavirus infection pandemic.

“According to the provisions of the co-operation agreement between the UK and China, the big pandas Yang Guang and Tian Tian will return to China after the lease expires in December,” Wang Wenbin said. He also said that China has already prepared everything for the pandas’ arrival and is looking forward to them.

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