Chimps in decline, a rare snake sighting, footage from the first harpy eagle nest cam, concern mounts over the US border wall’s impact on wildlife, and fishermen step up for a pair of rescues! These stories and more in your two-minute recap of nature news.
 <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/western-chimpanzee-numbers-declined-by-more-than-80-percent-over-the-past-quarter-century/" target="_blank">CHIMP DECLINE</a> <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/rice-university-biology-expert-looks-into-ecological-evolutionary-consequences-of-border-wall" target="_blank">RISKY WALL</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/incredible-night-herons-breed-first-time-in-uk" target="_blank">HAPPY HERONS</a> <a href="/natural-world/animal-behaviour/watch-howler-monkey-for-dinner-at-the-first-harpy-eagle-nest-cam/" target="_blank">HARPY CAM</a> <a href="/natural-world/animal-behaviour/one-man-three-grizzlies-and-a-walk-to-remember/" target="_blank">BEAR CARE</a> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/01/incredibly-rare-white-snake-found-australia/" target="_blank">RARE SNAKE</a> <a href="https://gizmodo.com/freaky-new-sea-snake-has-a-terrifying-hunting-strategy-1797402084" target="_blank">AIR STRIKE</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYWE_0ba_Yc" target="_blank">STRIPED SIGHTING</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/08/01/Fishermen-free-sea-turtle-from-net-on-Mumbai-beach/3471501612891/" target="_blank">NET KNOWHOW</a> <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/01/maine-lobstermen-rescue-swimming-bald-eagle-verge-drowning/531217001/" target="_blank">EAGLE RESCUE</a>

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