Read more about the article Pigeon Dies After It Strays Into Monkey Enclosure And Gets Bitten And Its Feathers Plucked Off
A monkey bites a pigeon and plucks its feathers in Wuhu, Anhui, China, undated. The pigeon broke free and fell into the water. (AsiaWire)

Pigeon Dies After It Strays Into Monkey Enclosure And Gets Bitten And Its Feathers Plucked Off

A shocked zoo goer captured the moment a group of monkeys cruelly plucked off a pigeon's feathers and tortured it until it died after it flew into their enclosure. The…

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Read more about the article New Beetle Fossils Preserved In Amber Reveal Bugs Ate Dinosaur Feathers
Picture shows moult remains of feather-feeding beetle larvae intimately associated with downy feather portions from an unidentified theropod dinosaur in Early Cretaceous amber of Spain, undated. Insets show the head with powerful mandibles of one of the larval moults (top) and the pigmentation pattern of feather second order branches (bottom), with the main stem of one feather at the right of the amber fragment. Amber fragment is only 6 millimetres across. (CN IGME-CSIC/Newsflash)

New Beetle Fossils Preserved In Amber Reveal Bugs Ate Dinosaur Feathers

Recently discovered beetle fossils preserved in amber for hundreds of millions of years have revealed that the bugs ate dinosaur feathers, according to a new study. The study shows how…

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Read more about the article Scientists Reveal First-Ever Mass Produced Children’s Toy Is 5,000-Year Slate Bird
Picture shows Placa de Valencina, undated. Researcher Juan Jose Negro suggests that the owl-shaped slate plates from 5,000 years ago could have been created by children to be used as toys, in a study conducted at the Donana Biological Station, in Sevilla, Spain. (Museo Arqueologico de Sevilla, Ministerio de Cultura/CEN)

Scientists Reveal First-Ever Mass Produced Children’s Toy Is 5,000-Year Slate Bird

Forget Lego, Barbie or even teddy bears, the world's first-ever kids toy craze was actually carved slate owls covered with real feathers according to latest research. Scientists believe the owls…

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Read more about the article Incredible Pterosaur Fossil Proves Once And For All That Flying Dinosaurs Had Feathers – Not Fur
Artist’s reconstruction of the feathered pterosaur Tupandactylus, showing the feather types along the bottom of the headcrest: dark monofilaments and lighter-coloured branched feathers. (Bob Nicholls 2022/Newsflash)

Incredible Pterosaur Fossil Proves Once And For All That Flying Dinosaurs Had Feathers – Not Fur

One of the great unsolved mysteries about dinosaurs as to whether flying pterosaurs had feathers or fur has been solved after the discovery of a remarkable prehistoric fossil that can…

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Read more about the article French Supermarket Sells Dead Furry Animals In Vacuum Packing
The Leclerc supermarket offers hares, pheasants and other hunting victims in cellophane. (@FBB_Officiel/Newsflash)

French Supermarket Sells Dead Furry Animals In Vacuum Packing

A French supermarket has angered animal activists including the Bridget Bardot foundation by displaying whole animals for sale in vacuum packing with their fur and feathers still intact. The dead…

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