<p>Controversial Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe puts elephant on his birthday party menu, a beluga whale dies at SeaWorld, Amur leopard numbers are on the rise and feast your eyes on the most adorable red panda video you will ever see! Get these stories and more in this week's blast of nature news!</p>
<h4>News Sources:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://www.wildaid.org/news/hong-kong-party-leaders-call-ivory-ban-5" target="_blank">CALL FOR IVORY BAN</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2015/02/23/elephant-steak-buffalo-rump-for-mugabe-s-r11-million-birthday-bash" target="_blank">MUGABE'S ELEPHANT FEAST</a></li>
<li><a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/2015/02/23/beluga-whale-seaworld-dies-broken-jaw/" target="_blank">SEAWORLD WHALE DEATH</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/video-octopus-leaps-from-the-water-to-nab-a-crab" target="_blank">OCTOPUS OUT OF WATER</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.livescience.com/49905-amur-leopard-population-doubled.html" target="_blank">AMUR LEOPARD NUMBERS UP</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/innovation/after-a-cruel-attack-an-injured-toucan-will-get-its-beak-back-thanks-to-3d-printing" target="_blank">TOUCAN 3D BEAK</a></li>
<li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/02/150217-lemur-cave-madagascar-graveyard/" target="_blank">GRAVEYARD OF GIANT LEMURS DISCOVERED</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/cute-and-cool/cute/heres-a-pair-of-adorable-red-pandas-playing-in-the-snow-youre-welcome" target="_blank">ADORABLE RED PANDAS</a></li>

That woodpecker-riding weasel, manatee rescues & a goblin shark

Nature news that made headlines, plus a good helping of the cute and the quirky, all wrapped up in a weekly two-minute video roundup.