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 February 15, 2017

Trump freezes species protections, skin-shedding geckos & a bullfrog surprise

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Today’s Nerdy Curio catches you up on nature news from the past week, courtesy of Earth Touch: Bad news for the rusty patched bumblebee as the Trump administration freezes endangered species protections, a newly discovered gecko’s amazing evasion technique, tragedy in New Zealand as hundreds of whales strand and one heck of a bullfrog surprise!

Aired February 14, 2017

All Earth Touch 2Min News Roundup content is available at www.earthtouchnews.com

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    Kari D
    Nature news is the best! How do we save the bees? A petition?
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    Star T
    These news are so interesting!! Too bad trump don't understand much about global warming!!!
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    Charlie B
    I wonder how shedding its scales helps ward off enemies? Maybe it grosses them out like it did me.
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    Sue G
    Interesting
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    Jean M
    Interesting information, thanks
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