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One lucky baby donkey is living his best life with his human parents after being rejected by his birth mom. A farming couple on TikTok‚ known as Our Simple Homestead‚ recounted the incredible story of how Cash the “miracle” donkey came into their lives. According to his owners‚ this little guy was born prematurely. It was a coincidence that the couple happened to be in that part of the farm when they heard their pregnant donkey giving birth. It’s a good thing these farmers were there at that moment‚ because Mama didn’t want anything to do with her child. In fact‚ the donkey tried to stomp on her little baby! One of the owners had to swoop in and rescue the tiny animal. @oursimplehomestead Our little miracle was so unexpected. Even though he has just been with us for a few days‚ we cant imagine life without him in it. We would always want our babies to be raised by their mother but sometimes the sad reality is that they reject them.#farmsoftiktok #gratitude #farmtok #babydonkey #farmlife #animallove ♬ Heaven Is a Place on Earth – The Mayries As soon as this couple brought the baby donkey into their home‚ they knew he was a keeper. Cash turned out to be incredibly affectionate‚ easily making friends with the other animals on the farm. He also started following his human parents everywhere they went! Screengrab from TikTok In an update video‚ the couple revealed that their baby donkey had even won the heart of the family’s fiercest guard dog‚ Dagger. Footage shows the usually gruff canine wagging his tail and licking the younger animal. “Dagger is the head of the farm‚ a tough livestock guardian dog meant to defend and protect‚” the farmers said in their clip. “These dogs are not known for being affectionate and loving.” @oursimplehomestead When I tell you Cash is our little miracle I mean it. Every day he amazes me with the relationships he forms with the most unlikely partners.#farmsoftiktok #gratitude #babydonkey #animallove #farmlife #farmtok ♬ A thousand years – Zeus Cash may have had a rough start in life‚ but this baby donkey seems to have found himself an incredibly loving family. Here’s hoping that this little rescue continues to grow into a happy‚ healthy animal! You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post “Miracle” Preemie Donkey Defies All The Odds After Mom Rejects Him. appeared first on InspireMore.

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A performance celebrating diversity among social animals is the overall winner of the 2024 Dance Your PhD contest‚ which the author has compared to winning Eurovision. It could also be the perfect way to launch a career as a singer/songwriter/science communicator.Since its establishment 16 years ago‚ Dance Your PhD has become a way for hundreds of scientists to teach the world about their work in a format that reaches many who would normally tune out. The effort is large‚ and the financial rewards small – but some past participants have reported the discipline of explaining their work through interpretive dance has helped the writing-up process.Dr Weliton Menário Costa‚ on the other hand‚ completed his thesis in 2021. He told IFLScience it’s only now he has had time to pursue his other passions in music and dance‚ and the contest provided a bridge. Menário Costa‚ who goes by the stage name WELI‚ explored the way wild grey kangaroos – who live in large groups called mobs – interact and how their social environment and childhood shape their personality.Being from Brazil‚ kangaroos were not the first thing Menário Costa thought to study‚ but as he told IFLScience; “I’ve always loved social animals.” After studying goats‚ whose sociability fascinated him‚ Costa applied for PhD topics in social mammals around the world‚ eventually landing at the Australian National University to join a long-term study of a group of eastern grey kangaroos. Menário Costa drove a remote-controlled miniature car into the mob and tracked the kangaroos’ reactions under different circumstances‚ learning their personalities in the process. “Kangaroos are very socially aware and will adjust their behavior based off cues from other roos‚” he said in a statement.Kangaroos don't discriminate based on sexuality and gender identity. WELI wanted to celebrate diversity in the video.Image credit: Nic Vevers/ANU“I’m interested in how the social environment shapes you‚” Costa told IFLScience. “It comes from being queer in a conservative place. I found it doesn’t just happen in humans.”For someone who is developing a musical career‚ with his first EP set to drop soon‚ a Dance Your PhD entry was a natural choice‚ and kangaroos made it easy – some even look like they are joining in. Koalas might not have given Costa the social aspect he was chasing‚ and would certainly have been less danceable had he ended up on them anyway. Nevertheless‚ he said; “I’d still have tried because I have this passion” for dance and communicating his work.Between former housemates and dancing partners‚ Costa had plenty of people who wanted to participate. However‚ given the importance of diversity as a topic‚ he decided to go further‚ seeking out people from many backgrounds and styles to ensure the video emphasized the point made by the science. “One of the main messages I wanted to convey through this piece of work is that differences lead to diversity‚ and this is evident throughout the entire video. It’s evident with the different dancers that herald from various cultures and backgrounds‚” Menário Costa said.He encouraged dancers from differing backgrounds to mingle like kangaroos‚ moving from individuals to a unified mob.             Menário Costa has been working as a research officer since graduating but is now going to explore the music business full-time for a while‚ and hopes the win will bring people to his channels.The contest has winners in four categories‚ who thanks to sponsorship by AI company SandboxAQ now get $750 each. One of these becomes the overall winner‚ increasing their prize money by $2‚000. Considering the effort that goes into filming these works of art‚ you need to be doing it for the love‚ not the money – or‚ in rare cases‚ the fame.Judges say they are looking not only for good dancing‚ but a clear link to the science being explained. Costa entered his work in the social sciences category‚ rather than biology. Coincidentally‚ the biology winner covered some of the same ground‚ using more classical ballet to explore how early life experiences such as violence and neglect impact children’s growth through epigenetics.      In further evidence of how blurry the categories can be‚ neural regeneration and the role of the Circadian Clock won the chemistry award.     Finally‚ the physics prize went to a superbly choreographed exploration of the erosion of streambanks.     

Anyone who’s ever had a puppy or a toddler will know how hard it is to keep them from eating things they shouldn’t. However‚ zookeepers and vets were quite surprised to find coins in the belly of a leucistic alligator called Thibodaux during a routine health check.Thibodaux lives at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium as one of their 10 American alligators. Every so often‚ the team conducts regular health checks to make sure they are all healthy‚ the animals engage in a regular training program to prepare them for these checks and minimize stress to the animals.During one of these checks on the 36-year-old leucistic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)‚ the team discovered something rather unusual in the belly of the beast. On February 15‚ Thibodaux underwent a veterinary procedure to remove 70 US coins from his stomach. During a health check‚ the team noticed something amiss with ThibodauxImage Courtesy of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo &; Aquarium~"With the help of his training‚ Thibodaux was anesthetized and intubated to allow us to safely manage him during the procedure‚" said Christina Ploog‚ an associate veterinarian at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium who led the procedure‚ in a post on the zoo’s Facebook page.           IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.The objects were removed via a small pipe inserted into the alligator's mouth‚ which along with a camera helped the team safely remove all the objects from his insides. That is not supposed to be there!Image Courtesy of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo &; AquariumMale American alligators grow to an average of 3.4 meters (11.2 feet). They are only found in North America‚ where they have a conservation status of Least Concern on the ICUN Red List. According to National Geographic American alligators can live to around 50 years old and go through as many as 3‚000 teeth in a lifetime. The keepers report that Thibodaux is back in his enclosure and has recovered well from the procedure. “Though a procedure like the one done on Thibodaux is not always common‚ it’s a great example of what our animal care and animal health teams do every day across our campus to provide excellent care to our animals‚” said Taylor Yaw‚ Zoo veterinarian and director of animal health. Leucism is a genetic condition where cells don’t produce as much of the pigment melanin as they usually would‚ leading to a white or colorless appearance. Other genetic color variations include albinism and melanism‚ which can be seen all across the animal kingdom.The team stresses that no coins or any objects should be thrown into any of the zoo’s enclosures‚ and any spare coins can be given as a donation.