The Daily Populous

Wednesday June 11st, 2025 day edition

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The raptor is the only bird known to possess specially designed feet and claws for snatching prey from the water.

While they generally target prey less than 12 inches long, occasionally an osprey catches something a bit larger than it can handle.

There, a man playing through a disc golf course witnessed an osprey drop a sizable hammerhead shark after being beset by crows.

As it flew above the course’s 11th hole, a pair of crows attacked the osprey in what’s known as “mobbing.”

The osprey had given up a hammerhead shark.

It’s unclear which species plopped onto the disc golf course.

Instead of retrieving it, Marlowe opted to leave it where it lay just in case the osprey returned for its meal. »

World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

Authored by bbc.com
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They are a mix of low, middle and high-income countries and those with low and high fertility.

"The world has begun an unprecedented decline in fertility rates," says Dr Natalia Kanem, head of UNFPA.

Fertility rates are falling in large part because many feel unable to create the families they want. »

US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says

Authored by kyivindependent.com
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According to Hegseth, the pending budget "provides a historic level of funding for military readiness, putting (U.S.) warfighters and their needs first.".

But U.S. President Donald Trump halted the approval of new military aid packages to Kyiv when he began his second term in January.

After the leaders' infamous clash during an Oval Office meeting in February, the U.S. temporarily suspended all military aid to Ukraine. »