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New Stories. A twelve year old half blind dog in
New Mexico is being hailed as a hero after fighting
off a bear to protect her family, their animals, and
their property. It's Honey the Dog. Honey the dog in
front of the bear after the bear wandered onto the
family's land, apparently targeting a chicken coop that housed dozens
of birds. Despite being old and having limited vision, Honey
the Dog engaged the bear in a prolonged struggle. This
was all captured on Securio audio and ultimately drove the
bear away. Denise said, she's our little savior. She's always
been protected that way. She risked her life to save
not just the coop but her family from that bear.
The poor dog had some severe injuries, including a deep puncture, wounds, bruising,
and damage to her head and neck. She was rushed
to the animal hospital and underwent emergency surgery. You know
how this show goes. Honey the dog is fine, the
rescue group said, and because of her family's love a
community who cares. In a little bit of bad assery,
this half blind Sassy senior is still here. Congratulations honey.
In Australia, they're teaching a bird how to sing, because
if the bird can't sing, it can't find a mate.
The bird is a regent honey eater. There are about
three hundred left in the wild, and a honey eater
has begun losing its traditional mating call. Young males growing
up with enough adult role models have started mimicking other
bird species instead of learning their own song. And that's
the problem because the other birds don't know what you're doing.
If males don't sing the song correctly, they may fail
to track mates at all. At first, researchers played recordings
of the bird's traditional call, known as the Blue Mountains typical.
That helps, but the real breakthrough came when they introduced
wild adult males into aviaries with captive birds. Behaviorist ecologist
Joy explains the key is mimicking what happens in nature,
letting young birds learn directly from experienced teachers. The result success.
Young honey eaters began picking the correct song, and conservationists
can now release birds that actually know how to speak
their own language. That's awesome. An eight year old in
the Netherlands has gone from drawing monsters to seeing monsters
race and an actual train. All right, what's going on here?
Feline won a national drawing contest, beating more than twelve
hundred entries from children across the nation. Her winning concept,
The Sweet Monster Train, featured colorful, friendly creatures designed to
be playful rather than scary. Working alongside a professional illustrator,
Fellene's monsters were scaled up and printed onto large details
that now wrap around the train. Organizers say the goal
to competition is to reconnect kids with the magic of
train travel. A harbor seal named Reggae great name is
having a moment, and it's because of a rubber duck.
Reggae is a thirty three year old Atlantic harbor seal
at the New England Aquarium. Reggae has gone viral after
a video showed Reggae playing with, hugging, and even kissing
a bright yellow rubber duck. Rebecca Miller, who oversees the seals,
explained the toys are part of enrichment activities designed to
keep the animals mentally engaged. She says it's a great
way to challenge her animals and really allow them to
use those problem solving skills. That they have. The aquarium
is home to five seals, all born in captivity, and
their habitat is designed to mimic a rocky New England coastline.
That is a great saquarium if you've never been there,
or if you have. An Ostrich and Thailand went on
a road trip. The Ostrich escaped from an animal cafe,
darting through an open gate and somehow locking onto a
cement truck it was following. From there, it made its
way onto a busy highway and ran ten miles to
a nearby town. The owner said the bird one of
two Ostridges named B one and B two, likely to
slip out during a moment of inattention. Luckily, bystanders stepped in,
captured the ostriche who's either B one or B two,
and returned it home. But again, let's not overlook the
port where the Ostrich followed a cement truck for ten miles.
And those are five good news stories for today. I
have a good one.