crittermom
I remember cringing when my miniature burro had her baby.
It appeared to be almost half her size(!), with a full large set of teeth & those sharp hooves.
Ouch?
I about lost it when I witnessed her do a full extension kick to keep the father away less than 24 hours following the birth (I added a photo of it with my story during a fundraiser here a few years back). Critters are tough!
Calves, horses, llamas, etc. Same thing.
I hadn’t heard that about jackals before. Wow.
Makes me happy to be a female human.
That tiny swordfish is adorable. Had no idea they were born with their sword already so big in comparison to their body!
April 25, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
LONDON In this post-Brexit, mid-pandemic moment in the United Kingdom, with its economy battered by recession and the royal family in mourning and turmoil, it is hard to find a topic that unites this fractious nation. But U.S. chickens yes, the lowly, clucking farm animal, consumed daily by the millions in all 50 states have done it.
Everybody hates them.
The odd thing is that U.S. chicken is not sold anywhere in Britain, and if people here get their way, it never will be.
What precisely have U.S. chickens done to so thoroughly appall the British, even though few of the latter have ever sampled the former?
Food and drink exports still down despite February recovery thegrocer.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegrocer.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Breaking free of Brussels bureaucracy was meant to herald a bonfire of red tape for Britain. In the first 100 days of Brexit, the only thing many businesses burned was money.
Customs checks, paperwork and border delays since the U.K. completed its withdrawal from the European Union at the start of the year are sucking cash and time out of firms from big-name retailers to small family-owned businesses. Companies, which warned for years that this would happen, take no pleasure in saying “we told you so,” but the frustration is clear as they grapple with the long-term reality.
For many businesses on tight margins, every pound spent on documentation means less for wages, hiring and investment. While the impact will be far less dramatic than the short-term shock of the Covid-19 lockdowns, over time it will add up, hobbling the economy and eating into sales, earnings and incomes.
Food exports to the EU partially recovered in February after a dramatic fall in January following Brexit.
HMRC figures show food and drink exports to the EU were down by 26% in February compared with the same month last year, falling from £980m in 2020 to £722m this year. While a significant fall, it remains an improvement on January’s trade.
Fish and shellfish, one of the worst-hit sectors in January, was down by 25%, costing the industry more than £20m. It remains the worst hit agri-food sector across the first two months of the year, down 54%. Meat exports, meanwhile, fell 43% in February from £99m to £56m.