That woodpecker-riding weasel, manatee rescues & a goblin shark

2015-03-06 2,068

The story behind the woodpecker-riding weasel, 19 manatees rescued from a drain pipe in Florida, a goblin shark in Australia and the world's first baby woolly rhino discovered. Get these stories and more in this week's roundup of wildlife news!

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NEWS SOURCES

MANATEE RESCUE
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/39430/20150224/weird-animal-news-19-manatees-rescued-satellite-beach-florida-storm.html

ANTI-TRAFFICKING ALLIANCE
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/124228/operation-game-change-to-be-launched-in-vn-to-combat-wildlife-crime.html

VAQUITA GILL NET BAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/world/americas/mexico-moves-to-save-endangered-porpoise.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

Shark controversy
http://www.wjhg.com/sports/headlines/Great-White-Shark-Caught-off-Panama-City-Beach-294605881.html?device=phone&c=y#.VPRpEgu06-c.facebook

GOBLIN SHARK
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans/sharks/creepy-closeup-preserving-the-bizarre-looking-goblin-shark


SKELTUS AND SPARKLEMUFFIN
http://io9.com/newly-discovered-sparklemuffin-peacock-spider-is-here-1688278369

GROUPER TRIUMPH
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/invasive-species/rare-footage-of-a-caribbean-grouper-hunting-invasive-lionfish

WOOLY RHINO DISCOVERED  
http://www.inquisitr.com/1873256/worlds-first-baby-woolly-rhino-discovered-in-siberian-ice/

MEET 'DUDLEY' 
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/wtf/wtf/meet-dudley-the-most-nightmare-inducing-site-marker-in-the-deep-sea

WEASEL RODEO
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/onward-my-noble-steed-the-story-behind-the-woodpecker-riding-weasel