Leaping leopards, burgling bears & an endangered-species quiz

[View this email in your browser]( [jaguar]( News about endangered wildlife floods our newsfeeds almost every day – but how much of it do we actually absorb? To celebrate this year's Endangered Species Day (May 18), we decided to put you to the test! Endangered Species Day was created in an effort to raise awareness about the plight of imperilled species and to celebrate animal populations that have recovered as a result of conservation efforts. It is celebrated each year on the third Friday in May with a strong focus on the some 1,200 species of animals and plants that are listed as endangered under the US Endangered Species Act. [Take the quiz now]( [Read more]( HIGHLIGHTS [Sandhill cranes and gator]( Golf-course gator gets sent on its way by angry sandhill crane Florida sandhill cranes do not take too kindly to gators, as one golfer discovered recently while playing a round at a local course. [Watch Now]( [Tapanuli orangutan]( China-backed dam threatens world's rarest ape Plans to build a massive hydropower dam in Sumatra threaten the recently discovered and desperately imperilled Tapanuli orangutan. [Read more]( FEATURED VIDEO [Turtles all the way down ...]( Turtles all the way down To celebrate World Turtle Day (May 23), here's a look at some of these laid-back reptiles hanging out in South Africa's Sodwana Bay. [Watch Now](. [VOD]( WATCH THIS Boteti - The Returning River For the first time in 30 years, rain has fallen in sufficient quantities hundreds of miles to the north in the Angolan highlands, sending a stream of water through the river bed. [Watch now]( Pride in Battle ‘Pride in Battle’ is the epic story of the rapidly growing Xakanaxa pride as it battles to survive through one of the Okavango’s harshest winters. [Watch now]( IMAGE OF THE WEEK [Leopard civet]( The award for “Predator Defence Tactic Least Likely to Succeed (But Somehow Did)” goes to a civet that evaded two leopards simply by squatting in a mud wallow! [(Read more about it here.)]( AROUND THE GLOBE [leopard stork]( South Africa: Stork's lucky escape For all their hunting prowess, leopards do not always land their quarry, as a group of tourists in Tanzania found out while watching one leap after a stork. [Watch Now]( [Bear break in]( California: Bear break in Earlier this month, officers from the Placer County Sheriff's Office in California rushed to the aid of a homeowner whose kitchen was being raided by a hungry bear. [Watch Now]( [Dolphin paddleboarder]( Australia: Dolphin body-slams paddleboarder Paddleboarder, Andrew Hill, was enjoying the surf off the coast of Australia recently when a dolphin launched itself out of the waves and body-slammed him. [Watch Now]( Copyright © 2018 Earth Touch News Network, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](