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Wildlife Gone Wild: Animal Intoxication

September 22, 2023 by Paul Hetzler Leave a Comment

Animal intoxicationHumans take pride in their unique, perhaps exalted, place among creatures. We’re the only animal that can point to triumphs like space travel, nerve gas, for-profit prisons, and plastic-filled oceans. Until recent times, we also thought we stood alone in our taste for addling our brains with drugs. Alas, we can no longer claim that distinction:  Dolphins, dogs, wallabies, waxwings, and loads of other species like to get loaded. [Read more…] about Wildlife Gone Wild: Animal Intoxication

Filed Under: Food, Nature Tagged With: birds, dolphins, Fruit, liquor, Marine Life, pets, small mammals, Wildlife

Dead Humpback Whale, Dolphin Wash Ashore On Long Island Beaches

February 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ECO Smith and NOAA federal agent assess a 41-foot humpback whale washed ashore at Lido Beach on Long Island in January 2023Two marine mammals recently washed-up dead on Long Island beaches.

On Sunday, January 29, New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) Della Rocco, Vandenbos, and Zullo responded to a complaint of a deceased dolphin that had washed up on Egypt Beach in Easthampton, Suffolk County. [Read more…] about Dead Humpback Whale, Dolphin Wash Ashore On Long Island Beaches

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: dolphins, ECOs, Egypt Beach, Hempstead, Lido Beach, Long Island, Marine Life, Nassau County, NOAA, Southampton, Suffolk County, whales

Avoid Close Encounters with Marine Mammals

January 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

blue whale courtesy DECNew Yorkers along coastal shores are reminded to keep a safe distance from marine mammals and resist the urge to intervene when an animal comes ashore. Marine mammals, which include whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals, are protected by federal and state laws to ensure they are not harmed and to keep people at a safe distance. [Read more…] about Avoid Close Encounters with Marine Mammals

Filed Under: Nature, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: Atlantic Ocean, dolphins, Long Island, Marine Life, New York Harbor, porpoises, Seals, whales, Wildlife

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