In Chicago and, in the obvious absence of alligators, the birds have found the largest carnivorous animals and apex predators around.
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Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
Instead, their skeletons are made from mineralized cartilage, an adaptation that has helped these predators move through the oceans for over 400 million years.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Despite no clear signs of a crime, the police could still attempt to identify Ruby’s rapist through DNA testing, which is exactly what Aicha sets out to do.
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Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
16 May 2025
If you are accused of being a rapist anywhere other than on a college campus, a public record is created – starting with arrest, through prosecution, through appeal.
One of the attackers then proceeded to slit Forde’s throat using a 12-inch dagger as two other assailants stabbed him in the stomach in front of onlookers.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim are relieved the assailants are white.
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