A parakeet invasion in Mexico, concern mounts over America’s wild horses, donkey skin demand in China attracts wildlife traffickers, a bad year for oceanic “dead zones” and a pair of dead-whale predator parties. Get these stories and more in this week’s 2-minute recap of nature news!
 <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/parakeet-invasion-of-mexico-driven-by-europe-rsquo-s-ban-on-bird-imports/" target="_blank">PARAKEET INVASION</a> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/wildlife-watch-donkey-skins-china-wildlife-trafficking/" target="_blank">DONKEY SKIN TRAFFICKING</a> <a href="https://www.idahopress.com/news/state/judge-blm-broke-law-in-plan-to-sterilize-idaho-wild/article_11de3f42-14d4-56f0-924f-252485170490.html" target="_blank">WILD HORSES </a> <a href="http://methowvalleynews.com/2017/10/04/conservation-groups-challenge-wolf-killings/" target="_blank">WOLF KILLINGS</a> <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-hypoxia-pacific-ocean-climate-change" target="_blank">DEAD ZONES</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/biodiversity-of-indian-sunderbans-recorded-for-the-first-time/" target="_blank">SUNDERBANS BIODIVERSITY</a> <a href="http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/lunch-arrives-on-wrangel-island-and-230-polar-bears-show-up-for-the-feast/" target="_blank">POLAR BEAR FEAST</a> <a href="/natural-world/animal-behaviour/more-than-a-dozen-crocs-show-up-to-scavenge-dead-humpback-in-australia/" target="_blank">SURF AND TURF</a> <a href="/natural-world/predator-vs-prey/first-caimans-now-snakes-pantanal-jaguar-nabs-a-yellow-anaconda/" target="_blank">SNAKE SNACK</a> <a href="https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/moustached-bird-appears-dracula-property/" target="_blank">MOUSTACHED BIRD</a>

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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.