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Early Wildlife Awakenings and Warm-Water Shifts - Jeremy Zakis
Published 2 months ago
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Jeremy Zakis and John Batchelor explore how rising global temperatures are altering wildlife behaviors. In Australia, highly venomous eastern brown snakes are emerging from hibernation a full month early, including dangerous yellow-hued juveniles often mistaken for harmless whipsnakes. Meanwhile, local magpies are initiating territorial swooping attacks ahead of their typical breeding season. Along the coastlines, warmer Pacific waters have drawn great white sharks closer to beaches in Southern California and Queensland in terrifying, unprecedented numbers, though unseasonably warm weather still draws massive crowds to Bondi Beach. (2)