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Outfoxing the squirrels

In our – mostly laudable – doting on animals, we seldom stop to wonder whether labradors truly appreciate being made to wear bandannas or whether poodle-crosses object to all being called either Ruby or Bella. But there are times when the wider animal kingdom gives us an existential wake-up call.

A Cambodian crocodile farmer was recently eaten by his stock, and Portuguese orcas have

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