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At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2026 -
But after the show’s debut, fans clambered for more.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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The animals were valued for their fur and often trapped and skinned, while logging destroyed much of their habitat.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
22 Jan. 2026
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Once skinned, the animal will hang in a walk-in cooler overnight.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Shinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shinned. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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