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The vets examine the two furry cubs, both male, and estimate they are only a few weeks bad cuts, broken bones, or obvious illnesses, but because both kittens weigh in at less than a underfed and dehydrated To replace the milk their mother would give them, the vets try hand-feeding the cubs cow’s milk using baby bottles If the leopard cubs don’t accept this artificial diet, they won’t survive

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Now that the brothers’ health seems stable, the vets and wildlife experts

at WTI and its partner organization, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), leopards, clouded leopards are too small to be

of their mother, who was almost certainly killed

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The rangers alert the nearby wildlife clinic – operated by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) – that two common leopard cubs are arriving for emergency care Although the veterinarians are thrilled that the satisfaction is bittersweet The common leopard is a powerful big cat that often comes into conflict with humans in India, so releases of this species are currently banned in that country.

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When the cubs arrive, however, the vets are amazed by the strange blotchy pattern on their coats, which looks like brown and black clouds

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We would love to meet your pets!

Ever wondered what your dog looks like

underwater? Award-winning

photographer Seth Casteel used

underwater housing for his camera to

shoot pictures of dogs doing what comes

naturally: diving into a pool to catch a

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result-150 million times and have been made into a beautiful book,

is super sweet.

– Ilke, 12, Kimberley

If you have questions about your pets (whether furry, feathered or scaled), ask our local NG KIDS vet, Professor Paws.

A: Licking is a form of communication which starts very early in life for dogs The mother licks her pups when they are born to encourage them to suckle and also to

go to the toilet Puppies lick their elders’ faces as a sign of submission Dogs sometimes lick because they are nervous Perhaps the best answer is that they lick to get your attention If you laugh because you think it’s cute, they are likely to do it again

Q: Why does my dog lick my face?

Keto with Poppy when she was a puppy Poppy chewing her two favourite toys.

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Welcome Bay, New Zealand

When Annette Swoffer went to investigate some odd noises coming from her kitchen, she got a big surprise: a wild fur seal had sneaked into her house through the cat door

The creature waddled past Annette and had a friendly nose-to-nose sniff with her dog It then shuffled to the enclosed porch, pulled itself onto the sofa and curled up for a nap

As the seal rested, Annette called to alert officials about her flippered guest

“Many fur seals come into town from the nearby harbour,” says Chris Clark of the New Zealand Department of Conservation “Often they’re just looking for company.”

Annette thinks the seal followed her cat into the house She didn’t mind hosting the uninvited guest until Chris could fetch it “The seal was funny,” she says “I just wish it had knocked first!”

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Fur Seal

Portland, America

Aldo the black bear cub is definitely cute But when he was playing

with his plush beaver toy, he was truly adorable “He’d make a fuss if

you ever moved it,” says zoo keeper Michelle Schireman, who used to

take care of Aldo

The orphaned cub was brought to the zoo after being found alone

in the woods Soon the exhausted and hungry bear was healthy again

and very energetic “He played with every object in sight, including

my shoes,” Michelle says “We decided to get him his own toy.”

The cub immediately bonded with the fluffy beaver He loved

belly-flopping on to the stuffed animal and wrestling playfully with it

He’d drag the soft toy around and nuzzle it before going to sleep

“Like people, bear cubs can feel comforted by warm and fuzzy

things, including stuffed animals,” says Carmen Murach, an animal

curator at the zoo Aldo was moved to Aldo is older now and

has outgrown his need for a stuffed animal

Even so, he’s found another toy to play with It’s a plastic penguin!

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West Midlands, england

yoda the black-and-white ruffed lemur didn’t let a little rain spoil his day

Instead, the brainy animal scored himself an umbrella!

The primate had been roaming around his open area at the Dudley zoological Gardens one drizzly morning when he saw a woman with an open umbrella

Getting close, he tapped on her leg The startled visitor dropped her rain gear and yoda plucked it off the ground He twirled it around by the handle and reached up to touch the umbrella’s smooth fabric canopy Then he dashed away, holding the umbrella over his head yoda only dropped it when a gust of wind nearly knocked him down

Although yoda avoided getting soaked by snagging the gear, staying dry may not have been his main goal “Lemurs don’t mind getting a little wet,”

senior curator Derek Grove says In fact, he may just have been curious and playful “Rain or shine, yoda likes to have fun,” says Derek

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By Sean Price

By FiOna THOMSOn

It’s easy to tell male and female house sparrows apart, as the females are paler and have pink legs.

SIzIng Up the hoUSe Sparrow

favoUrIte food: Seeds in the breeding season they switch to

insects, which is what their hungry chicks want

14 to 15 centimetres

length

The best muffins are on the corner of Kloof and River road.

City Sparrow

Small, brown and everywhere you

look This streetwise little bird

likes living near humans you’ll

find them bathing in a gutter after rain

and picking up crumbs as people eat

their lunchtime sandwiches in the sun

Because it’s not as flashy as some of

their cousins, the common old house

sparrow can easily be overlooked by

bird lovers

Mohammed Dilawar of the nature

Forever Society in india realised that

sparrows from his home town were

disappearing He decided 20 March

would be World Sparrow Day and 2013

is the third year of his campaign it

turns out house sparrow numbers have

been dropping in some indian cities The

indian capital Delhi has even adopted

the house sparrow as its state bird to

create awareness before it’s too late

This little bird is struggling to live in

modern cities it prefers nesting in

old-fashioned eaves rather than

high, glass and concrete buildings it

struggles to find enough food when

gardens are sprayed with pesticide or paved over and grains are processed in factories instead of in the open air

The house sparrow occurs naturally

in europe and parts of asia but was introduced to australia, africa and north and South america Workers from india brought the bird with them to Durban in the 1880s and 1890s when they settled in South africa From there the bird spread into other parts of southern africa and as far as Malawi and Zambia

Sparrows don’t seem to be disappearing from South africa but some research shows they are moving out of cities like cape Town to the countryside

The european house sparrow is also

in trouble it has disappeared from central London in england where it was once very common Some researchers are saying simple things like leaving grass to seed in winter rather than cutting it would help Seems like modern cities are too tidy for this bird!

Making sure sparrows have enough to eat will encourage them to return

to cities.

Male hoUSe Sparrow

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dogs Wearing a dress costing R48 000, Baby Hope Diamond the dog wasn’t just

a bride She was a bride in a pet wedding valued at R1 265 498, the most expensive on record Dog guests wore tuxedos and evening gowns, dined on

a special dog chow buffet and listened to an orchestra that cost R200 000

Although the wedding expenses were donated, human guests paid up to

R2 000 to attend, raising money for the Humane Society

of New York That’s something that the groom, Chilly the dog, can really wag his tail about

– Angela Modany

“Around the World” is probably a super-easy trick for this

yo-yo master Ben McPhee can spin 16 yo-yos simultaneously,

the most on record He starts by spinning ten yo-yos and

hanging them on hooks The others? Two hang from each hand,

two from each ear, and two are clenched between his teeth

Let’s hope he doesn’t get tied up in all that string

Called the Ecotricity Greenbird, it seems to sail like a boat on water

But if the driver doesn’t catch the wind of 50 kilometres per hour just right, the land yacht might bite

the dust – Molly Marcot

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Only four tickets per family There are 121 tickets available in Johannesburg, 116 in Cape Town and 121 in Durban Free popcorn and drink included.

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joel sartore / national geographic stock (big picture);

Snowy owls

They’re built to

survive winter in

the Arctic, where

they are top

predators.

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Logan International Airport near the city

of Boston in America Perched on a fence

at the airport border, he turns his head upside down to clean his downy coat

His white feathers are tipped with brown stripes When he’s mature, he’ll be almost all white

He hears something, spins his head to look behind him and launches Like a stealth plane he glides silently for three kilometres until his keen eyes find a target at the water’s edge He manoeuvres gracefully, stretches out his talons and snatches an unsuspecting duck His sensitive feet tell him he killed it on impact Dinner is served

The winter wind blows across the

open landscape Short grasses and

bushes struggle to stay upright,

but a snowy owl hovers effortlessly

in mid-air His powerful wings, with a total

span of 1,5 metres, defies the wind and

allows him to hang nearly motionless with

his eyes fixed on a small rodent The owl

is shooting forward to grab a rat when…

whoosh! Aeroplane engines blast overhead,

breaking the bird’s concentration and

scaring the rat back underground

The young male owl began life in the

Arctic about five months ago This winter

he flew hundreds of kilometres south to

Raptors on the Move

Snowy owls are nomads that migrate to and from their Arctic breeding grounds each spring and autumn in a quest for food The airport is a popular winter destination in the northeast of America

“The habitat here is like the tundra, with short grass and rolling hills,” says Norman Smith, a raptor biologist and director of the Blue Hills Trailside Museum “There are lots of rodents and the airport is surrounded by water, so there are ducks and other waterfowl.”

Snowy owls show up at the airport between November and April each year, the Northern Hemisphere winter Norman has caught and released about 450 owls

A snowy owl can reach a top speed

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at Logan since 1981 He captures the birds in a net trap, examines them and puts a metal band on one leg for future identification Then he releases them away from aeroplane and car traffic Sometimes

he equips an owl with an electronic beacon

so he can track where the bird goes The beacons help researchers find out where snowy owls go when they’re not nesting on the Arctic tundra

Wintering on Ice

Not all snowy owls migrate that far south

Some stay in the Arctic and hunt there

Others, like one lone female, endure the winter in constant darkness The sun never rises in winter this far north Sea ice covers the landscape and this owl is 160 kilometres from land Temperatures can plummet to minus 40 degrees Celsius, but she’s not turning into a bird-sicle Layers of feathers insulate her Feathers cover her nostrils and feet, which are padded for warmth

Her 60-centimetre-tall body is motionless

as she conserves energy in the cold She’s hungry, so she has to eat

A short flight takes the owl to open water, where she swoops down and grabs

an eider – a northern sea duck She tears

it apart with her beak, unaware that she is

ready for take-off

coming in for

a landing

who’s who? adult males are all

white; females have stylish brown-and-white feathers.

dad brings home

a lemming; mum protects the nest.

sizing up

snowy owls

120 to 168 centimetres

TEN-YEAR-OLD

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being monitored When she was nesting this

past summer, researchers fitted her with a

bird-sized backpack beacon It sends out a

signal with her location via satellite every

five days

Researchers used to think snowy owls

always flew south in winter, but this bird’s

transmitter has tracked her to the sea ice

near Baffin Island in the Canadian High

Arctic “It was a big surprise for us to see

them staying north,” says Gilles Gauthier,

a professor at Canada’s Laval University

“Most of the snowy owls we tracked spent

one to three months on the ice.” Gilles says

the owl knows there are gaps in the ice

where seabirds gather This is a useful guide

for a hungry owl

Tundra Life

As the springtime sea ice thaws, the

female migrates overland to find a good

nesting site She lands on the tundra near

Barrow, Alaska, satisfied that

there is a good supply of

lemmings These rodents

are the summertime

staple of snowy owls

Lots of lemmings mean

plenty of food, so snowy

owls will lay many eggs

By May the female sits on top of a raised mound in the treeless tundra She is keeping warm eight eggs One by one fuzzy owlets hatch in mid-June They snuggle under their mother’s wings and against the featherless brood patch on her belly to keep warm in temperature of four degrees Hunting constantly, their father provides food for the whole family The chicks grow quickly, each eating about two lemmings a day

Today the male returns to find the female pretending to be injured, trying to lure away snowy owl researcher Denver Holt, who is examining and banding the chicks

The parents think he is a predator The hooting male drops the lemming he’s carrying and it hits Denver on the head

Then the owl rakes Denver’s back with his sharp talons The assault continues until the researcher leaves The angry birds quickly become doting parents again “It’s pretty intense, but you learn to deal with it and duck,” Denver says

When the owlets are about two months old, their fluffy grey down gives way to white-and-brown feathers They are learning to fly By October, all of the chicks are ready to strike out on their own They glide silently into the darkness to their winter destinations

look ouT, rodenTs – This owl is ready To hunT.

Find out more about snowy owls online at

kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals

better left

in the wild

Harry Potter’s snowy owl, Hedwig, made

a good companion on screen In real life, snowy owls are not good pets Besides needing a constant supply of whole rodents to eat, these hunters require lots of flying space Experts sometimes have permits to keep injured birds in captivity if they’d be unable to survive

in the wild Otherwise, it’s illegal to keep snowy owls in captivity

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is a bicycle trick where the bike flies with both wheels off the ground

the 36th cape argus Pick n Pay cycle tour takes place on

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A special boy with big dreams

has the best time of his life.

Just a while ago I was at the Red

Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape

Town, where I’m treated for

cystic fibrosis One day I was chatting

to a lady called Margy I was telling her

about the things I love

For a start, I like bugs! Black scorpions

are my favourite creepy crawlies

My mum saw one in Namibia and they

are very dangerous

I go searching for every kind of bug

like spiders and ladybirds and I make

my mum and grandma search too My

grandpa even bought a

magnifying glass so I can observe them

more closely Cheetahs are amazing

be-cause they can run so fast I have a toy

cheetah that goes to hospital with me

I also really love owls, because they’re

so special

Margy listened to my dreams

and I think she whispered them to

someone else

By ROBeRT O’NeIll AS TOlD TO JUlIKA KeNNAWAy

RobeRt with A Spotted

eAgle owl cAlled gemmA

RobeRt, mARk And blAck eAgle leo

mY dReAm dAY

One day my mum and grandma said that I didn’t have to go

to school We were going on a surprise trip On the journey

we met a man called Mark from the Reach for a Dream Foundation He’s really cool and he took us to a place where I met my first live cheetah He made my dream come true! I touched a cheetah whose name was Phoenix

He purred when I touched him and it was awesome!

A cheetah is like me People don’t understand me, because I’m different It’s the same with a cheetah I learnt there are Anatolian dogs that protect sheep and help to prevent cheetahs from being killed That’s great!

Then Mark took us to eagle encounters at Spier, a farm near Cape Town, to see owls I adore them Owls are lovely because they are so cute and their eyes are beautiful and full of love I always observe animals very closely and I noticed that some owls were “clicking”

If they got hurt, or their legs or wings were broken, I would want to look after them and give them medicine

When I’m older I want to work in nature conservation and help at animal sanctuaries whenever I can I want to help all animals, because people don’t always understand them

Meeting my Fav ourite Animals

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HOSPITAL TIMES

Every few months I go to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital Hospital food is not nice – I prefer my mum’s Sometimes I don’t feel like eating, other times I’m ravenous! I can eat anything I want, but I have to take pills before I eat My favourite food is bread or ribs with barbeque sauce Auntie Vivien , who’s the nurse, likes to have competitions with me

on how much I weigh and I always win Then I have to blow to see how my lungs are working, and the doctor looks at how things are going with my body Many people pray for me

FUN TIMES

Once I’m home again, I play with my ball and go for walks with my grandma’s dogs One is called Yster, the other is called Loopy I love them because they’re always happy and look like they’re always smiling Loopy is a dachshund, while Yster is a crossbreed with long hair

Physios often play games with us and make us laugh Sometimes they tap on our chests like a drum This loosens the mucus in the lungs It’s like when you hit a tomato sauce bottle to get the sauce out, my physio says

WITH CF

If you can’t breathe well, stay calm, ask your mum to give you an inhaler You musn’t freak out Just do some physio exercises – it really helps you to breathe!

MY CHALLENGES

I was born with weak lungs and tummy problems I get tired quickly and don’t feel very well It’s something called cystic fibrosis I take creon pills for my stomach to help me digest my food, vitamin B drops on my tongue and lots

of other vitamins so I can keep strong

At night I use a spray for a runny nose

I have a wheezy chest If I wake up and

am struggling to breathe, I ask Mum

if she can get my “Ferrari”, because I need to be nebulised It’s a machine with medicine which you inhale If I start wheezing, it’s good to do a few exercises that the physiotherapist taught me This makes everything that is stuck in my lungs a bit looser and then it’s easier to breathe I play ball, lift my arms, play with balloons, blow with a straw

into water and

in the bath I can have loads of fun blowing bubbles through a pipe

Physiotherapist Brenda Morrow says:

IT IS IMPOrTANT THAT kIdS WITH CF dO A LOT OF ExErCISE, AS THIS HELPS kEEP THE LUNGS HEALTHY THEY CAN PLAY SPOrTS ANd SHOULd NEvEr bE LEFT OUT OF GAMES bECAUSE OF CF!

I NAMEd MY CHEETAH PHOENIx AFTEr THE ONE I MET ON

MY drEAM dAY OUT I TAkE HIM TO HOSPITAL WITH ME

IT’S IMPORTAnT TO EAT LOTS OF FOOd THAT IS HIgH In FAT KIdS wITH

CF dOn’T ABSORB FAT TOO wELL, SO THEY CAn EAT MORE FAT THAn OTHER KIdS !

WHAT IS CYSTIC FIBROSIS?

CF is a condition that affects the lungs, pancreas and digestive system.

A few people are born with it, but you can’t catch it from anyone.

It is caused by a cystic fibrosis gene, which you inherit

The main symptoms are coughing, wheezing, chest infections, a sore tummy and salty skin

Everyone with CF must take pills (enzymes) and do exercises every day to stay healthy

People with CF can have fun, become parents, have careers and lead active, productive lives.

The good news is that the treatment for CF is constantly improving and doctors all over the world are working hard to find a cure.

Find out more at www.sacfa.org.za, the South African Cystic Fibrosis Association (S.A.C.F.A.).

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