Animals

Distorted picture of Hong Kong vets' fees

10 Jan 2013

I refer to the report ("Top doctor questions sky-high HK vet fees", January 7).

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In the luxury dog house

6 Jan 2013

At first glance, the lobby of the Grand Dogaroo might be mistaken for that of a boutique hotel, decorated with quilted silver wall panels and an ornate gold and crystal chandelier.

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Brazilian scientists clone endangered animals

17 Nov 2012

Brazilian researchers are turning to cloning to help fight the decline of several animal species.

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Wild dogs maul boy to death after fall from railing at Pittsburgh zoo

6 Nov 2012

Like many young visitors to the zoo, the boy may simply have wanted a better look. But his mother's decision to hoist the two-year-old onto the railing surrounding the exhibit of wild dogs turned...

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Monkeys like privacy when mating

1 Nov 2012

Monkeys are just like the vast majority of human beings when it comes to sex - when they go ape, they want privacy.

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Whales mimic human speech

24 Oct 2012

It could be the muffled sound of someone singing in the shower or that nonsensical, indecipherable speech of the Muppets' Swedish Chef.

In fact, the bizarre audio unveiled by scientists on...

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

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George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

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Who said it?

He was a very nice guy ... very, very smart, a little weird

Jessica Cade, 23, who knew Batman shooter James Holmes (pictured) at college

These important animals ......

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BOOK (1945)

Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Secker and Warburg

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High hopes

Each year the Beijing Raptors Rescue Centre nurses back to health more than 300 injured birds that were rescued from the wild or turned in by their captors. More than 43 types of raptor can be...

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An exotic reptile

Quick Facts

Common name: Burmese python

Scientific name: Python molurus bivittatus

Native home: Southeast Asia's rain forests

Estimated...

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Constricted thinking about snakes is irresponsible

Snakes are not, to many people, one of nature's more endearing creatures. Giant pythons appear to be particularly threatening. When they occasionally show up on our country park trails, they...

5:57AM

birds

1 What is the collective noun for a group of owls?

2 By what name is the branch of zoology that deals with birds known?

3 What peculiar trait do rheas, kakapos and...

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