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China: Live Baby Rabbits Rescued From Pelican’s Throat at Zoo

On May 28, 2025, at a local zoo in Yibin, Sichuan province, southwestern China, two staff members were filmed restraining a white pelican. After prying open its beak, they pulled out four to five newborn rabbits. Fortunately, the rabbits were still alive.

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China: Localized Storm Splits Street in Half With Rain on One Side, Dry on the Other

This is the striking moment that a sudden localized storm turned one street into two distinct weathers, one side was drenched by heavy rain, while the other side remained completely dry. On June 12, 2025, in Shanxi, Taiyuan, the video captured one half of a street was swept by torrential rain, while the opposite side stayed untouched. The pedestrians and quick-moving cars seeking shelter on the rainy side, umbrellas opened hastily. The juxtaposition was startling, raindrops visibly stopped at an invisible boundary, creating two contrasting microclimates within mere meters of each other. The video ended with the camera panning across the street, capturing the stark contrast one last time before the rain slowly faded away.

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Rock rabbit sits on mountain rock in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A rock rabbit sits on a rock on Mt. Tokachidake in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 23, 2014. In Japan, rock rabbits live only in Hokkaido's cold mountainous areas.

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Rock rabbit spotted on Hokkaido mountain

SAPPORO, Japan - A rock rabbit is spotted on a rocky stretch on Mt. Tokachidake in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 23, 2014. In Japan, rock rabbits live only in Hokkaido's cold mountainous areas.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - Rabbits on Okunoshima Island, nicknamed Rabbit Island, in Hiroshima Prefecture, surround a tourist with feed on Dec. 19, 2013. More than 700 rabbits live on the island of just 4 kilometers in making a circuit, after some rabbits brought to the island after World War II became feral and propagated.

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Rock rabbit spotted on Hokkaido mountain

SAPPORO, Japan - A rock rabbit is spotted on a rocky stretch on Mt. Tokachidake in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 23, 2014. In Japan, rock rabbits live only in Hokkaido's cold mountainous areas. (Kyodo)

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Site of wartime chemical weapon plants now rabbit island

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rabbits live in the wild on Okuno Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, in December 2010. In the background is a former poison gas storage as the island was the site of chemical weapons production before and during World War II. (Kyodo)