Dozens of elephants sold illegally to Chinese zoos, experts weigh in on an alleged thylacine sighting, a monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years and signs of Alzheimer's detected in chimp brains for the first time. These stories and more in this week’s recap of nature news!
 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/25/dozens-of-laotian-elephants-illegally-sold-to-chinese-zoos" target="_blank">ILLEGAL ELEPHANT SALES</a> <a href="http://nypost.com/2017/08/09/baby-deer-has-to-live-in-captivity-after-being-pulled-from-the-wild/" target="_blank">DEER CAPTURE</a> <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chantek-orangutan-who-knew-sign-language-has-died-39-180964390/" target="_blank">CHANTEK DEAD AT 39</a> <a href="https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/pathological-hallmarks-of-alzheimers-disease-in-old-chimpanzee-brains-290981" target="_blank">APE ALZHEIMER'S</a> <a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/08/lizard-venom-may-contain-clues-treating-blood-clots" target="_blank">LIZARD BLOOD</a> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/jumping-spiders-lizards-frogs-predators/" target="_blank">JUMPING HUNTERS</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/monkey-rediscovered-in-brazil-after-80-years/" target="_blank">MONKEY REDISCOVERED</a> <a href="/conservation/conservation/remote-cameras-catch-puma-kittens-at-their-deer-dinner-in-california/" target="_blank">PUMA KITTENS</a> <a href="/in-the-field/in-the-field/tasmanian-tiger-video-has-thylacine-fans-excited-but-sceptics-are-not-convinced/" target="_blank">THYLACINE “SIGHTING”</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/08/09/Koala-wanders-into-Australian-pharmacy-browses-the-aisles/5491502301460/" target="_blank">SHOPPING KOALA</a>

Siamese crocs, elephant rescuers & a rare ocelot hunt

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.