Bad news for the rusty patched bumblebee as the Trump administration freezes endangered species protections, a newly discovered gecko’s amazing evasion technique, tragedy in New Zealand as hundreds of whales strand and one heck of a bullfrog surprise! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EcotrainingAfrica/videos/1306728392722024/" target="_blank">JUMP SCARE </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8A9LTSPDJ8" target="_blank">HUGE BIRD SWARM </a><a href="/natural-world/predator-vs-prey/forget-tail-this-gecko-sheds-its-skin-to-survive-attacks" target="_blank">SKIN-SHEDDING GECKO </a><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/new-species-of-dwarf-lemur-discovered-in-madagascar/" target="_blank">DWARF LEMUR DISCOVERY </a><a href="/conservation/conservation/viral-plague-spreads-to-rare-saiga-antelope-in-mongolia" target="_blank">ODD OCTOPUS BEHAVIOR </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Mark.Girardeau/videos/10155553474982788/" target="_blank">MATING WHALES </a><a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/02/03/Scientists-capture-first-ever-footage-of-rare-Dryas-monkey/1301486156224/" target="_blank">RARE DRYAS MONKEY SIGHTING </a><a href="http://www.popsci.com/rusty-patched-bumblebee-may-not-make-it-onto-endangered-species-list-after-all?dom=psc&amp;loc=contentwell&amp;lnk=the-rusty-patched-bumblebee-is-probably-doomed" target="_blank">ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTIONS FROZEN </a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2017/feb/10/new-zealand-whales-stranded-volunteers-help-video" target="_blank">MASS WHALE STRANDING</a>

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