An update on Hesheng the panda, new uses for leeches, snake sex gets wild, a rare wild dog rediscovered and the search for an “extinct” echidna. All that and more in your weekly roundup of nature news.
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/panda-dies-after-released-into-wild-in-china/article17744774.ece" target="_blank">GOODBYE TO HESHENG</a> <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/leeches-could-aid-study-sick-rainforest-animals" target="_blank">LEARNING WITH LEECHES</a> <a href="http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Cars-killing-more-bears-in-Yosemite-National-Park-11060167.php" target="_blank">BEAR TRACKER</a> <a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2017/04/researchers-to-search-for-ancient-%E2%80%98extinct%E2%80%99-echidna" target="_blank">ECHIDNA SEARCH</a> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/new-guinea-dogs-found-extinct-pictures-animals/" target="_blank">WILD DOG RETURNS</a> <a href="https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/05/mama-alligator-leads-her-16-babies-across-a-golf-course-because/22027087/" target="_blank">GATOR GOLF</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-04-sex-obsession-killer-male-snakes.html" target="_blank">SNAKE SEX</a> <a href="http://www.livescience.com/58551-squid-vs-squid-caught-on-video.html" target="_blank">SQUID VS. SQUID</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_1NVN6K_34" target="_blank">SUPERSIZE SURPRISE</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoHMnBWEjR0" target="_blank">EGG THIEF</a>

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