Ancient crocodiles, migratory mishaps & nesting with cigarettes

[View this email in your browser]( [Dinosaur]( The crocodilian fossil record has a new member: an enormous Jurassic apex predator with bone-crushing jaws. At a time when dinosaurs were taking over ecosystems on every continent, they faced some stiff competition from land-stalking predatory crocs. [Read more]( HIGHLIGHTS [Crocodile]( Crocodile chomps a stingray in the surf Just an American crocodile enjoying a seafood feast, gulped down in dramatic fashion amid crashing waves. [Watch now]( [Nest]( Nesting with cigarettes Why in the world are birds in Mexico City building their nests with cigarette butts? [Read more]( FEATURED VIDEO [Coyote]( ELEPHANTS POACHED, WOLF FOSTER PARENTS & AN UPDATE ON SPUNKY THE HAWK Ten more elephants poached in Zimbabwe, cockatoos learn to drum, a surprise humpback encounter and a close call with orcas. [VOD]( WATCH THIS Shadow Trade – The Price of Loyalty Thailand, one of the most beautiful and peaceful nations in the world, houses a deadly secret. A savage and harrowing trade reaches across the entire country yet is somehow hidden from most of its people. [Watch now]( Gannets - The Wrong Side of the Run This documentary shows a dramatic comparison between two environments fed by the same stock of sardine, and dominated by the Cape gannets. [Watch now]( IMAGE OF THE WEEK [Otter]( Kraken snackin’: This sea otter was recently photographed in Alaska's Kachemak Bay feasting on a giant Pacific octopus! [Here’s the full story.]( AROUND THE GLOBE [Spider]( Iowa: First puma in 100 years More and more anecdotal evidence hints that female mountain lions are heading into the American Midwest. [Read more]( [Vulture]( Spain: Vulture’s migratory mishap Migratory mishaps can be all too common, and as in the case of one unlucky vulture off the Spanish coast, they can leave a bird flailing for its life. [View more]( [Orcas]( Russia: Orcas team up to hunt whale A pod of orcas off the Kamchatka Peninsula was recently seen using teamwork to take down a 12-metre minke whale. [Watch now]( [Quote of the week]( Copyright © 2017 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](