But in the wild, her species is quietly disappearing These charismatic animals have long been part of the culture and folklore of West Africa. And a story in Ivory Coast says that anyone who sees the tail of a pygmy hippo and laughs will go crazy. "There's nowhere else they can go," says Flacke. "Ivory Coast is probably the most well equipped for that," says Flacke. They know that the pygmy hippo is an iconic species, maybe a keystone species for the ecosystem. The pygmy hippo is also likely to have an important role in its local ecosystem. There are around 450 pygmy hippos in captivity across the world, says Flacke. While Moo Deng captures hearts across the globe, thousands like her are struggling. 🖊️

Posted by jeffw

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Inactive communities 👻

These communities have had no posts in the last month:

IllegallySmolCats !lemmy
- Straight to jail.
Awwnverts !lemmy
- Cutie pies, sans vertebrae.
The Bug Menagerie !lemmy
- A community for posting bugs, arachnids, arthropods, invertebrates, and any other kind of cool critter.
What's this Bug? !lemmy
- A community for insect, arachnid, myriapod and general bug identification!
bugs !lemmy
- A casual place for Arthropoda.
DogTraining !lemmy
- Welcome! This forum is about dog training and behavior. Here you'll find content that will help you train your dogs. This community is geared towards modern, force-free, science based methods and recommendations.

Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️

🖼️ Meet The Giant Wētā......The Colossus of Insects! Pictures and fun facts! (direct link), posted in Awwnverts (👍170 👎1)

Posted by quinacridone

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2mo ago

❗Top animals posts of the month❗ (20 Sep 2024)

1. 🖼️ Bunny living space (direct link) (👍1322 👎11)

from aww ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by The_Picard_Maneuver

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2. 🖼️ Siri: "I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication" (direct link) (👍1224 👎24)

from cats ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by PugJesus

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3. 🖼️ Yes it's me! (direct link) (👍664 👎1)

from Superbowl ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by plactagonic

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4. 🖼️ Flourishing (direct link) (👍653 👎10)

from Dogs ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by PugJesus

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5. 🖼️ Ever seen a partially shaved raccoon? Now you have! (direct link) (👍525 👎10)

from Raccoons ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by ickplant

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6. 🖼️ Keep up with the program (direct link) (👍366 👎6)

from Opossums ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by ickplant

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7. 🖼️ I don't have a good title. Please look at this bird. (direct link) (👍355 👎4)

from birding ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by 2ugly2live

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8. 🖼️ This community brings a smile to my face (direct link) (👍278 👎4)

from Bats ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by ickplant

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9. 🖼️ The Orange Terror on his chair (direct link) (👍259 👎3)

from All Orange Cats Share One Brain Cell ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by tehWrapper

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10. 🎦 Disco Cat (direct link) (👍223 👎2)

from cute dogs, cats, and other animals ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by TehBamski

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11. 🖼️ Corvid art (direct link) (👍194 👎5)

from Crows ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by Mechanismatic

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12. 🖼️ I heard it was National Fox Day 🦊 (direct link) (👍170 👎3)

from Fox pics ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by forgetful_fox

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13. 🖼️ McGill squirrel of the day (direct link) (👍146 👎3)

from Squirrels ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by LesMotsBalaises

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14. 🖼️ brown recluse (direct link) (👍77 👎3)

from Spiders ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by pseudo

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15. 🖼️ Peeking out (direct link) (👍73 👎1)

from BeeButts ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by IMALlama

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16. 🎦 Tippy taps (direct link) (👍72 👎1)

from Awwnverts ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by far_university190

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17. 📰 Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard (direct link) (👍74 👎3)

from Entomology ([email protected]) !lemmy

Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard

The parasitoid wasp larva bursting out of a fruit fly. They published their findings Wednesday (Sep. 11) in the journal Nature The new parasitoid wasp (Syntretus perlmani) in its adult form. "It just leaves you wondering what else is out there on our doormat right now." Patrick Pester is a freelance writer and previously a staff writer at Live Science. Most Popular 🖊️

Posted by recreationalplacebos

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18. 🖼️ North American wheel bug, (direct link) (👍30 👎1)

from The Bug Menagerie ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by AFaithfulNihilist

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19. 🖼️ Hello! (direct link) (👍27 👎1)

from guinea pigs ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by arudesalad

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20. 📰 Florida man accused of throwing Chihuaha off balcony ‘like a football’ (direct link) (👍16 👎0)

from Animals ([email protected]) !lemmy

Florida man accused of throwing Chihuaha off balcony like a football

Dalton Chad Sousa, 30, of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, has been accused of throwing a 3-year-old Chihuahua from a balcony ‘like a football,’ causing the dog to suffer multiple broken bones. In 2022, Shelly Nicole Vaughn, 46, tossed her then-boyfriend's pet pug to his death from a 7th floor balcony during a heated argument. 🖋️

Posted by jeffw

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Inactive communities 👻

These communities have had no posts in the last month:

IllegallySmolCats !lemmy
- Straight to jail.
Cats !lemmy
- Post pictures of cute cats! Also feel free to ask questions about cats.
ducks !lemmy
- place to post cute ducks, gooses allowed too 🦆🦆
What's this Bug? !lemmy
- A community for insect, arachnid, myriapod and general bug identification!
bugs !lemmy
- A casual place for Arthropoda.
DogTraining !lemmy
- Welcome! This forum is about dog training and behavior. Here you'll find content that will help you train your dogs. This community is geared towards modern, force-free, science based methods and recommendations.

Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️

🖼️ All Quacks travel at the speed of sound. (direct link), posted in ducks (👍381 👎4)

Posted by Ultragigagigantic

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3mo ago

❗Top animals posts of the month❗ (20 Aug 2024)

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3mo ago

❗Top animals posts of the month❗ (20 Aug 2024)

1. 🖼️ Olympic silver medalist Yusuf Dikec of Turkiye with his cat (direct link) (👍1184 👎13)

from cats ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by PugJesus

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2. 🖼️ The look of betrayal (direct link) (👍1102 👎16)

from aww ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by The_Picard_Maneuver

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3. 🖼️ Just leave me alone (direct link) (👍958 👎10)

from Opossums ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by ickplant

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4. 🖼️ The raccoon inside me (direct link) (👍543 👎14)

from Raccoons ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by ickplant

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5. 🖼️ Meeting the neighbors (direct link) (👍509 👎2)

from Dogs ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by PugJesus

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6. 🖼️ Arrived by mail, where does the brain cell go? (direct link) (👍448 👎7)

from All Orange Cats Share One Brain Cell ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by Gsus4

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7. 🖼️ Very Angry Owl in a Towel (direct link) (👍252 👎0)

from Superbowl ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by anon6789

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8. 🖼️ Kestrel on a gate (direct link) (👍189 👎0)

from birding ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by adjjjj

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9. 🖼️ David was a very good boy at the vet (direct link) (👍186 👎3)

from Cats ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by seahorse

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10. 🖼️ Sunday blep (direct link) (👍159 👎2)

from Bats ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by ickplant

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11. 🖼️ Reserved Parking (direct link) (👍129 👎1)

from Crows ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by Mechanismatic

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12. 🖼️ Pantaloons! (direct link) (👍108 👎0)

from BeeButts ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by mostlypixels

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13. 🖼️ Squirrel of the Day for August 3, 2024 (direct link) (👍105 👎0)

from Squirrels ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by i_am_not_a_robot

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14. 🖼️ A monarch in our backyard (direct link) (👍91 👎1)

from Awwnverts ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by IMALlama

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15. 🖼️ Pile of sleeping ducklings (direct link) (👍69 👎0)

from ducks ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by johan

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16. 🖼️ Among the Milkweeds (direct link) (👍60 👎1)

from The Bug Menagerie ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by AFaithfulNihilist

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17. 📰 Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers (direct link) (👍53 👎0)

from Entomology ([email protected]) !lemmy

Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers

Pollution can disrupt insect attraction to plants. Pollution may have a surprising diversity of effects, from changing the scents that draw insects to flowers to warping the creatures' ability to smell, learn and remember. Around 75 percent of wild flowering plants and around 35 percent of food crops rely on animals to move pollen around. 🖋️

Posted by Daryl76679

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18. 🖼️ Stylish Boopin' (direct link) (👍53 👎6)

from cute dogs, cats, and other animals ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by WhippetBowie

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19. 🖼️ Sleeping Fennec (direct link) (👍43 👎1)

from Fox pics ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by forgetful_fox

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20. 🖼️ Who is this little guy? (direct link) (👍38 👎3)

from Spiders ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by Zavorra

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21. 🖼️ A lightning bug hiding in the grass until dusk (direct link) (👍31 👎0)

from bugs ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by kep

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22. 📰 Death toll for birds hitting buildings may be over 1 billion a year in US – report (direct link) (👍25 👎0)

from Animals ([email protected]) !lemmy

Death toll for birds hitting buildings may be over 1 billion a year in US – report

Less than half of stunned or injured birds survive a collision with a window. Research pushes up estimates that more than 1 billion birds may die each year from flying into buildings in the US. Deaths from building collisions increase in autumn during migration periods and then summer when breeding occurs. Scientists believe territorial behaviour in breeding season may contribute to rising collisions. 🖋️

Posted by jeffw

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23. 🖼️ veggies please! (direct link) (👍22 👎0)

from guinea pigs ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by ellabee

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24. 🖼️ Germany (direct link) (👍15 👎0)

from What's this Bug? ([email protected]) !lemmy

Posted by HairyHarry

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Inactive communities 👻

These communities have had no posts in the last month:

IllegallySmolCats !lemmy
- Straight to jail.
DogTraining !lemmy
- Welcome! This forum is about dog training and behavior. Here you'll find content that will help you train your dogs. This community is geared towards modern, force-free, science based methods and recommendations.

Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️

💬 My beagle has begun resource guarding and being aggressive after major life changes. I don't know what to do. (direct link), posted in DogTraining (👍22 👎2)

A month ago I broke my ankle and needed surgery to fix it. My dogs and I have been staying with my parents and sister since then because I can't care for myself or my dogs in my current state. I have ...

Posted by LaunchesKayaks

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