On Monday, the Prairie Village City Council voted to adopt a conditional license for Oakley Reign — a spider monkey that’s recently been ushered into the spotlight as the northeast Johnson County city considered changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to include all monkeys.
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Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans.
In the absence of whales, sucker fish avoid predators by seeking other large creatures to latch onto, including manta rays, dolphins and unlucky scuba divers.
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CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
That means algae could grow in larger volumes, feeding more creatures and even possibly shifting how carbon moves through the ocean.
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