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Goodweek /Badweek

Coconut crab

Bears

Bears incountries across the northern

Hemisphere, from Canada and the

US to Finland and Russia, have been

waking up from hibernationearly.

It is thought thatwarm weather has

encouraged the bears to end their

deep sleep too soon, which means

they might struggle to findfood.

Planting trees

ShelbyBarber ishalfwaytowards her

goalofp lantingonemillion trees

around theworld.The 24-year-old

Canadian has spent the winterint he

UK, planting morethan 4,000 trees a

day.She starts work at 7.30am and

stops around 4.30pm. The UK saysit

aimstoplant 30 milliontrees ayear.

Howcan prey escape from

cheetahs if they’resofast?

Antelopes aresome of the most

common prey typesfor

cheetahs. Theirbest tactic for

escape is to try to trick them by

changing direction veryfast,

whichcanthrow the cheetahs

off. The cheetahs’ longtails help

themstaybalanced while

changing direction,but th ey still

onlycatch around 40–50% of

the prey they chase.

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●LIFESPAN IN THE WILD:Morethan 50 years.

●HABITAT:Islands in the south-westPacificand Indian

oceans.

●DIET:Coco nuts, dead animals,fallen fruit and the shells

of other crabs.

●FUN FACT:Coco nut crabs arethe largest land-living

invertebrate (animal withoutabackbone) in the world.

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Acocon utcrabonChristmasIsland,inAustralia,isthe

primesuspectinthetheftofaresearcher’sexpensive

camera.AnnabelDorresteinleftherheat-trackingcamera

outovernightduringherstudy.Whenshereturned,the

batteryandtripodwerecoveredinc lawmarksandthe

camerawasgone.Thecrabscangrowtoametrelong.

Longleat’s safari park is one of the UK’s best lovedattractions, withKoala Creek,

the giantotters, and the crocodiles.To find out more, visit longleat.co. uk.

AmyWaller

Team manager,

carnivores,Longleat

dthe environment

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1976 crisp packet, theremainsofan

entir epicnic from the 1980s,piles of

broc coli andcarrots, and 19thcentury shoes

areamongthe 20 most unusual things found

on beaches in the UK. The listwasreleasedby

theNationalTrust, acharity that looksafter

important natural or historic placesin

England,Walesand NorthernIreland,

to highlight pollution in th s a

Other items included

oil-slicked chocolate

bars,insect spray from

Russia,and acouncil

binthat had travelled

morethan 70 miles.

Ther ewereeven

sea-themedLego

pieces, fromashipthat lost itscargo of the

plastic buildingbricksmorethan 25 years ago.

“Asweirdand wonderful as these items are,

they tellamoreserious storyaboutthe

permanentnatureofplastic,”said Phil Dyke,

acoastal specialist at the NationalTrust.

Thecharity looksafter morethan 780

milesofcoastline. It saysthese areasare

important to clean, not just for

ans, butforwildlife.

Fortunately,lots of

people now volunteer

for local cleanups

worldwide,and

tudies havereported

uctions in beach litter

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inky whale

vomit,

usedin perfumes,

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on beaches and ar

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thousands

ofpounds.

Items from a

1980s picnic.

Agrizzly

bear.

Cleanups helpkeep

beaches beautiful.