Dragonfly and snail 9-13-20 Yuen Long rooftop
Dolphins in the Gulf of Aden
‘World’s loneliest elephant’ allowed to leave zoo for better life
Dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant” by his supporters, Kaavan has languished at a zoo in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than 35 years.
Martin Bauer, a spokesman for Four Paws, said on Saturday that the elephant has finally been given medical approval to travel, most likely to Cambodia, where he will find companionship and better conditions.
Kaavan, who is overweight, underwent a full medical examination at the zoo on Friday, said Bauer.
Humpback whale Hardwood Island
Guangdong dolphins
Liupangshan leopard of Ningxia
Sheep at dam
AMPHIBIANS of HONG KONG
Tower of London ravens leave
A group[a] of at least six captive ravens are resident at the Tower of London. Their presence is traditionally believed to protect The Crown and the Tower; a superstition holds that “if the Tower of London ravens are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall and Britain with it.”
It was said that at the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536, “Even the ravens of the Tower sat silent and immovable on the battlements and gazed eerily at the strange scene. A Queen about to die!”
Two ravens have been caught sneaking out of precincts of the Tower of London .
Ryukyu Scops-owl
The Ryūkyū scops-owl or elegant scops-owl (Otus elegans) is a small rufous-brown owl with a brown face disk and a cinnamon facial ruff. The bill is olive-grey and it has yellow eyes.
It is found on the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, on Lanyu Island off south-east Taiwan, and on the Batanes and Babuyan Islands off northern Luzon, Philippines, in tropical or subtropical evergreen forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.