Pythons are most active under the cover of darkness, and travelling at night they move virtually undetected. ibid.
Stalks flock to landfill sites across Europe. ibid.
It is estimated that 40,000 long-eared owls now live in towns across Serbia. ibid.
Over half a billion people across the world commute into cities every day. Cities: Nature’s New Wild II: Commuters
Animals are travelling into the world’s fortune seeking their own fortune. ibid.
Crossing the city they [penguin] face something potentially even more dangerous: cars. ibid.
A group of very hungry animals enter Aspen in search of leftovers: black bears. ibid.
The worker bee able to carry its own body weight in nectar and pollen back to the nest. ibid.
At this time of year [winter] Calgary is a refuge to over 10,000 mallards sheltering from the blistering cold. The heat generated by people and industry has kept the local waterways open and the ducks warm. ibid.
St Lucia, South Africa: The commuters are hippos … They are after just one thing: grass … Whole families head into town to dine out. ibid.
The urban world has created opportunities that are too good to ignore for some of the world’s wildlife. ibid.
Animals now live where our cities were once built … These are the wild outcasts. Cities: Nature’s New Wild III
Costa Rica: Home to some of the most intelligent monkeys in the world … These white-faced capuchins are in a perilous position … These monkeys should have an innate fear of humans … Tourists are only fuelling this bad behaviour. ibid.
Crystal River: The biggest tourist attraction here by far are its manatees … Over 500 manatees pack themselves into the toastie springs. ibid.
Cast adrift in the far reaches of the southern hemisphere lies a continent separated from all other lands for 45 million years. Evolving in isolation, Nature has created a unique world of wonders: spiders that dance, birds that spread fire, where bouncing beats walking and youngsters are carried in pouches. It’s a world where animals had to adapt to surprising diverse landscapes and thrive in its vibrant seas. Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom, BBC 2019
This adaptable little creature [echidna] evolved tens of millions of years ago and is the most widespread of all Australia’s native animals. He will now spend 18 hours a day foraging. ibid.
Despite the platypus being furred, billed and truly aquatic, the pair [platypus and echidna] still share some unique characteristics. They are the world’s only egg-laying and milk-bearing mammals. ibid.
The marsupials: most familiar of all is the eastern grey kangaroo. ibid.
The grand hunter of the skies: Australia’s own eagle. ibid.
The shy and secretive numbat, the closest living relative to the extinct Tasmanian tiger … Numbats once ranged freely across Australia … There are now fewer than 1,000 left in the wild. ibid.
It’s a live-fast die-young existence on this forest floor. ibid.
There is one kangaroo that has never left its rainforest home … Its home is high in the gallery: a tree kangaroo. ibid.
Palmy bird: communicating in a way no other bird or wild animal is able. ibid.
It’s only here in Australia that black kites play with fire. ibid.
Dogs that can detect deadly diseases; birds that can escape disasters days before they can occur; and horses that actually have the ability to read our minds … Some of them have abilities that make us seem primitive by comparison. The UnXplained with William Shatner s1e16, History 2020
Charleston February 2020: A macabre discovery that led to theories of secret experiments, cover ups and mutant monkeys: Something laying on the sand … it appears to be the grisly remains of a strange creature: mostly rotting bones … More likely to be something like a coyote. The Proof is Out There s1e1, History 2021