Hurst: Hey Carol, can you believe it is December already?
Carol: No, I can’t! I’ve been looking forward to International Cheetah Day on the fourth all year long!
Hurst: I meant that I am surprised the year is almost already over, but that too. I guess I need to start planning holiday gifts. Any ideas?
Carol: I’m a big fan of donating to charities in honor of people as gifts, especially animal related charities! I also think quirky socks are a good option.
Why is wombat poop cube-shaped? from National Geographic
Yoga Teachers’ Views About Farmed Animals And Plant-Based Diets from Faunalytics
Knickers isn’t a cow, but he’s real, and enormous from NYT
Earwax reveals how humans have changed whales’ lives from National Geographic
IUCN Red List Update relative to Giraffe from Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest from Mongabay
The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers from Mongabay
A Vegetarian Reporter Explores a Hunting Dilemma from NYT
New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest from Mongabay
Lizards adapt to invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits from Science Daily
Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk from The Guardian
Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why? from The New York Times
George Monbiot: Ending Meat & Dairy Consumption Is Needed to Prevent Worst Impacts of Climate Change from Democracy Now
Trump OKs Seismic Tests for Oil in Atlantic from US News
Credit photo: Rex Pickar from Unsplash
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