Friday, 3 July 2020
Thursday, 25 June 2020
RICHARD MUIRHEAD: Is this the first Canadian porcupine fish?
A rare poisonous fish, usually found in tropical waters, was found earlier this month washed up on shore near a Vancouver Island community.
The tissues of the spotted porcupine fish contain tetrodotoxin, which can cause paralysis and eventually asphyxiation, according to Gavin Hanke, the curator of vertebrate zoology at the Royal B.C. Museum.
It's the first time the species has been found in B.C., he said. It's been preserved as part of the museum's collection.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/porcupine-fish-jordan-river-1.5338474
RICHARD MUIRHEAD: Very rare bird in Vancouver
VICTORIA - Bird enthusiasts have flocked to Vancouver Island from all over the world to catch a glimpse of a rare bird that has touched down.
Kirsten Mills was one of the first to spot the yellow-browed warbler in Panama Flats on Friday and since then her phone has been ringing off the hook.
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/extremely-rare-bird-spotted-on-vancouver-island-1.4646596
RICHARD MUIRHEAD: Strange howls in the Ontario wilderness
TORONTO -- Does Bigfoot exist? And if so, is it Canadian?
Ontario hunter Gino Meekis recorded videos of strange, loud, echoing howls in the woods that have left biologists scratching their heads.
He’d never “heard anything like this before,” he told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview. “It was more bass-y than anything I’ve heard scream before.”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hunter-captures-strange-howl-in-northern-ontario-woods-1.4686394
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