Other offerings include pig feet, pig ears, pig tails, frozen rabbits, quails, frozen sardines, black swordfish and octopus, many of which mainly come from Europe.
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Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
Among those, there were only four rabbit strikes reported, including one at the Denver International Airport, according to the FAA.
On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Also the forests are vital for the other creatures living there—native brook trout and a rare mammal called a fisher, which is related to weasels and otters.
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