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The binturong (Arctictis binturong) (/ b ɪ n ˈ tj ʊər ɒ ŋ, ˈ b ɪ n tj ʊr ɒ ŋ /, bin-TURE-ong, BIN-ture-ong), also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is uncommon in much of its range, and has been assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because of a declining population.
The Palawan binturong inhabits tropical rainforest habitat. It is an omnivore, feeding on fruit, small animals, and carrion. [2] It is solitary and mostly active at night; it is arboreal, living in forests, including rainforests, as well as agricultural areas and close to human settlements.
That's right: The smell doesn't come from the bearcat's scent glands, as previously suspected; it comes from urine. Hot, buttered popcorn urine. Despite the nickname, bearcats aren't bears or cats.
On his show Man vs. Wild, host Bear Grylls is sometimes shown eating various insects alive. There have been calls to ban eating animals alive on these shows. [1] A YouTube channel called "Food for Louis" shows Louis Cole eating live animals. [2] The swallowing of live goldfish was sometimes practiced within the United States.
A national pastime. On a recent Sunday morning here in South Minneapolis, a decades-long father-son tradition continued at the Riverview Theater, a single-screen cinema nestled among century-old ...
The film was significantly changed for the American market by David O. Selznick and retitled The Wild Heart in 1952. Gone to Earth is based on the 1917 novel of the same name by author Mary Webb. [3] The novel was largely ignored when it first appeared, but it became better known in the 1930s during the neo-romantic revival.
Wild Down Under is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the Australasian continent, first transmitted in the UK on BBC Two in September 2003. It was broadcast in Australia under the title Wild Australasia in February 2004. In Canada, the show aired as episodes of The Nature of Things under the Wild Australia title.
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