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What did you notice?
Japan Coast Guard members rescue a dog
that survived the Japanese tsunami
and three weeks at sea!
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• Researchers dressed in panda
costumes put a panda cub into a
basket before transferring it to a
new living environment at the
Hetaoping Research and
Conservation Center.
• The panda costumes are part of a
new plan to reintroduce captive
giant pandas back into the wild.
Mammals keeper Kylie
Hackshall gets close to a
baby spotted-tail quoll.
• A dog left inside the house for the day
has fun playing with toys and lies
exhausted after his efforts.
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