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Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, Johnny Mack with five CAD

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New Stories. A twelve year old half blind dog in

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New Mexico is being hailed as a hero after fighting

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off a bear to protect her family, their animals, and

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their property. It's Honey the Dog. Honey the dog in

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front of the bear after the bear wandered onto the

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family's land, apparently targeting a chicken coop that housed dozens

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of birds. Despite being old and having limited vision, Honey

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the Dog engaged the bear in a prolonged struggle. This

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was all captured on Securio audio and ultimately drove the

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bear away. Denise said, she's our little savior. She's always

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been protected that way. She risked her life to save

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not just the coop but her family from that bear.

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The poor dog had some severe injuries, including a deep puncture, wounds, bruising,

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and damage to her head and neck. She was rushed

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to the animal hospital and underwent emergency surgery. You know

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how this show goes. Honey the dog is fine, the

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rescue group said, and because of her family's love a

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community who cares. In a little bit of bad assery,

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this half blind Sassy senior is still here. Congratulations honey.

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In Australia, they're teaching a bird how to sing, because

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if the bird can't sing, it can't find a mate.

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The bird is a regent honey eater. There are about

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three hundred left in the wild, and a honey eater

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has begun losing its traditional mating call. Young males growing

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up with enough adult role models have started mimicking other

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bird species instead of learning their own song. And that's

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the problem because the other birds don't know what you're doing.

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If males don't sing the song correctly, they may fail

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to track mates at all. At first, researchers played recordings

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of the bird's traditional call, known as the Blue Mountains typical.

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That helps, but the real breakthrough came when they introduced

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wild adult males into aviaries with captive birds. Behaviorist ecologist

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Joy explains the key is mimicking what happens in nature,

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letting young birds learn directly from experienced teachers. The result success.

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Young honey eaters began picking the correct song, and conservationists

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can now release birds that actually know how to speak

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their own language. That's awesome. An eight year old in

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the Netherlands has gone from drawing monsters to seeing monsters

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race and an actual train. All right, what's going on here?

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Feline won a national drawing contest, beating more than twelve

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hundred entries from children across the nation. Her winning concept,

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The Sweet Monster Train, featured colorful, friendly creatures designed to

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be playful rather than scary. Working alongside a professional illustrator,

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Fellene's monsters were scaled up and printed onto large details

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that now wrap around the train. Organizers say the goal

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to competition is to reconnect kids with the magic of

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train travel. A harbor seal named Reggae great name is

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having a moment, and it's because of a rubber duck.

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Reggae is a thirty three year old Atlantic harbor seal

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at the New England Aquarium. Reggae has gone viral after

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a video showed Reggae playing with, hugging, and even kissing

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a bright yellow rubber duck. Rebecca Miller, who oversees the seals,

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explained the toys are part of enrichment activities designed to

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keep the animals mentally engaged. She says it's a great

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way to challenge her animals and really allow them to

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use those problem solving skills. That they have. The aquarium

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is home to five seals, all born in captivity, and

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their habitat is designed to mimic a rocky New England coastline.

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That is a great saquarium if you've never been there,

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or if you have. An Ostrich and Thailand went on

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a road trip. The Ostrich escaped from an animal cafe,

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darting through an open gate and somehow locking onto a

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cement truck it was following. From there, it made its

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way onto a busy highway and ran ten miles to

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a nearby town. The owner said the bird one of

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two Ostridges named B one and B two, likely to

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slip out during a moment of inattention. Luckily, bystanders stepped in,

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captured the ostriche who's either B one or B two,

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and returned it home. But again, let's not overlook the

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port where the Ostrich followed a cement truck for ten miles.

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And those are five good news stories for today. I

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have a good one.