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Did Canuck the crow swoop off with a knife from a Vancouver crime scene?

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30 May 2016
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Canuck the crow, Vancouver’s most notorious bird, is being accused of flying away with a knife from a crime scene.

The crow has quite a reputation in Vancouver and its antics are regularly chronicled on social media, including a dedicated Facebook page that has a profile photo of the bird holding a knife in its beak.

Earlier on Tuesday, police had shot a man near Hastings and Cassiar streets. They were called to the scene of a car engulfed in flames. When they arrived, police said, they were confronted by a man with a knife.

Shots were fired and the man was arrested.

Vancouver Courier reporter Mike Howell said he saw the bird — which had a red tag on its leg as does Canuck — swoop in and pick up an object from inside an area cordoned off by police tape.

A cop chased it for about 15 to 20 feet, and then the crow dropped it and took off, Howell told CBC.

It was really strange. In my 20-plus years reporting from crime scenes, I’ve never seen anything like that crow trying to take a knife — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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Octopus, squid and cuttlefish numbers boom in changing oceans

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24 May 2016
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A surprising 60-year boom in global octopus, squid and cuttlefish numbers points to long-term changes taking place in the world’s oceans, scientists say.

Research published in Current Biology today shows a steady increase in the world cephalopod population — the class of molluscs comprising octopus, squid and cuttlefish — since the 1950s, at a time of increased fishing, growing pollution and ocean warming.

The data analysis, led by Dr Zoe Doubleday from Australia’s Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide, has confounded previous expectations that cephalopod populations go through cyclical booms and busts.

Anecdotal evidence had suggested the population may experience cyclical booms and busts over time, but there is instead a very consistent increase, she said — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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Red Panda Cubs / Perth Zoo

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28 April 2016
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Two seven-week-old endangered Red Panda cubs had their first visit to the veterinarian at Australia’s Perth Zoo. Though the zoo staff has kept a watchful eye on the cubs since their 8 December birth, this is the first time the red pandas received a hands-on health check.  During the exam, the cubs got a quick health assessment, then had their body condition, eyes, teeth, ears and weight checked by the veterinary staff — via  ZooBorns

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Twin possums find a new mum / Taronga Sydney

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19 April 2016
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The four-month-old Ringtail possums, nicknamed Ernie and Bert, arrived at Taronga Wildlife Hospital with their mother last week. Taronga staffer Di Scott is providing round-the-clock care to the twin brothers, carrying a makeshift pouch and waking at 3.00am to feed the joeys — via Youtube

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Eldritch Horror Baby Crib / Garrick Andus

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19 April 2016
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It’s only March, but Imgur member rentdownstairs has already locked up the Father of the Year competition. He wanted to get a custom crib to pass down as an heirloom to our children. So he commissioned Atlanta-based woodworker Garrick Andus to carve a crib inspired by the horror imagery of HP Lovecraft. Its spreading, writhing, all-consuming tentacles express the hopes that all of us fathers have for their children — via Neatorama

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