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Venezuelan Abraham Castro rides a cargo vessel with other Venezuelan migrants through the Gulf of Panama as he, his partner and her two sons travel south after giving up on reaching the United States, Wednesday, September 17, 2025. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Venezuelan migrant Abraham Castro rides a cargo vessel across the Gulf of Panama with his partner and her two sons, traveling south after abandoning their attempt to reach the United States.September 17, 2025.(Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Magellanic penguins wade into the ocean during a release after undergoing a rehabilitation process, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (Photo by Matilde Campodonico/AP Photo)

Rehabilitated Magellanic penguins wade back into the ocean upon their release in Punta del Este, Uruguay.September 24, 2025.(Photo by Matilde Campodonico/AP Photo)

 

Standalone picture dated September 20th, 2025 shows a Red Squirrel in the rain near Hawes, North Yorkshire. Red Squirrels were once found across the UK but have disappeared from most of the country due to the introduction of grey squirrels. Now red squirrels are confined to Scotland, pockets of northern England and Wales and small islands off England's south coast. (Photo by Richard Coulstock/Bav Media)

A red squirrel shelters from the rain near Hawes, North Yorkshire. Once widespread across the UK, red squirrels are now primarily confined to Scotland, northern England, Wales, and several small southern islands.September 20, 2025. (Photo by Richard Coulstock/Bav Media)

Two men hold female pigeons, fluttering them to attract male pigeons flying from a distance, for fun in Cilincing, North Jakarta, on September 20, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

Two men in Cilincing, North Jakarta, flutter female pigeons to attract males flying in the distance, a local pastime. September 20, 2025.(Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

Norbert – fastest 10m pushing skateboard by a pig Guinness World Records. Photo released on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Scott Ramos/Guinness World Records)

Norbert the pig, Guinness World Record holder for the fastest 10 meters pushing a skateboard. Photo released September 24, 2025.(Photo by Kevin Scott Ramos/Guinness World Records)

A giraffe in an enclosure reacts to a media visit at Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris, France, on September 26, 2025. (Photo by Tom Nicholson/Reuters)

A giraffe reacts during a media visit to its enclosure at the Paris Zoological Park. September 26, 2025.(Photo by Tom Nicholson/Reuters)

A dog accompanies officers as they wait for the conclusion of funeral services for slain Northern York County Regional Police detectives Cody Michael Becker, Mark Edward Baker and Isaiah Emenheiser, Thursday, September 25, 2025, in Red Lion, Pa. (Photo by Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

A police dog accompanies officers awaiting the conclusion of funeral services for three slain detectives in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. September 25, 2025.(Photo by Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Emil the moose, who became a social media sensation in Austria, has been caught and taken back to the Bohemian forest in the Czech Republic early September 2025. The footloose moose, whose summer wanderings caused havoc on Austrian roads and railways, was sedated before being lifted by eight firefighters into a transport trailer lined with straw, leaving his legions of fans wishing him well online. (Photo by Helmut Fohringer/APA via AFP Photo)

Emil the moose, a social media sensation whose summer wanderings disrupted Austrian transit, is sedated and transported back to the Bohemian forest in the Czech Republic.Early September 2025.(Photo by Helmut Fohringer/APA via AFP Photo)

Staff from Greenfingers Wildlife Conservation Initiative prepare to tag two Green Sea Turtles in Lagos, Nigeria, 19 September 2025. The turtles were rescued from poachers and will be released back to the ocean for World Cleanup Day on 20 September. (Photo by Emmanuel Adegboye/EPA)

Conservation staff prepare to tag two rescued Green Sea Turtles before their release for World Cleanup Day in Lagos, Nigeria. September 19, 2025.(Photo by Emmanuel Adegboye/EPA)

Farmers take part in the Mendip Ploughing Match at Chewton Mendip, Somerset, UK on September 25, 2025. The Ploughing Society was formed circa 1858 by local Mendip farmers after a competition between them and salesmen from the north country. (Photo by Jason Bryant/Bournemouth News)

Farmers compete in the Mendip Ploughing Match in Chewton Mendip, Somerset, UK. The society was formed around 1858.September 25, 2025.(Photo by Jason Bryant/Bournemouth News)

A peregrine falcon catches a drone at the 2025 British Falcon Races, held at Vowley Farm in Wiltshire on September 23, 2025. Peregrines and gyrfalcons compete to catch “roprey”, or robotic prey, shaped like a houbara bustard and controlled by a pilot. (Photo by Simon Reynolds/Solent News & Photo Agency)

A peregrine falcon catches a “roprey” drone, designed to mimic a houbara bustard, at the British Falcon Races in Wiltshire.September 23, 2025.(Photo by Simon Reynolds/Solent News & Photo Agency)

A St. James’s Park pelican sits on a park bench at St. James’s Park in London, Britain, 25 September 2025. Pelicans have been part of St. James’s Park for hundreds of years and remain a popular sight for visitors. First introduced in 1664 as a gift from the Russian ambassador, around forty pelicans have since made the park their home. (Photo by Andy Rain/EPA)

A pelican rests on a bench in London’s St. James’s Park. The pelicans, a gift from the Russian ambassador in 1664, have been a fixture in the park for centuries.September 25, 2025.(Photo by Andy Rain/EPA)

Four orphan barn owl chicks were found weak from hunger and thirst after their mother's death, are under treatment at the Dicle Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center before being released back into their natural habitat on September 23, 2025, in Diyarbakir, Turkiye. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Four orphaned barn owl chicks receive care at a rehabilitation center in Diyarbakir, Turkiye, after being found weak and dehydrated. They will be released back into the wild. (September 23, 2025.Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A dog licks ice cream on the Bournemouth Beach on a sunny day in Dorset, UK on September 22, 2025, with temperatures forecast to reach 16 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Dinendra Haria/London News Pictures)

A dog enjoys an ice cream on a sunny day at Bournemouth Beach in Dorset, UK. September 22, 2025.(Photo by Dinendra Haria/London News Pictures)

A polar bear reacts at the abandoned Soviet-era research station on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea, in Russia's far northeast, on September 14, 2025, in this still image taken from a drone video. (Photo by Instagram @makhorov/Handout via Reuters)

A polar bear reacts on Kolyuchin Island at an abandoned Soviet-era research station in Russia’s far northeast. (Still image from a drone video taken September 14, 2025.(Photo by Instagram @makhorov/Handout via Reuters)

Kiburi, a 177kg silverback gorilla, undergoes a CT scan at London Zoo on September 24, 2025 as staff try to find the cause of his recurrent gastrointestinal issues. The procedure required months of planning and training so that Kiburi would offer his arm to staff for the anaesthetic to be administered. (Phoot by London Zoo)

Kiburi, a 177kg silverback gorilla, undergoes a CT scan at London Zoo to diagnose his recurrent gastrointestinal issues. The procedure required months of training.September 24, 2025.(Phoot by London Zoo)

A boy touch the shell of a rescued sea turtle as it swims into the Atlantic Ocean after a coastal cleanup marking World Cleanup Day, in Lagos, Nigeria, on September 20, 2025. (Photo by Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters)

A boy touches the shell of a rescued sea turtle as it returns to the Atlantic Ocean during a World Cleanup Day event in Lagos, Nigeria.September 20, 2025.(Photo by Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters)

A man holds his dog while walking through a flooded street during the passage of Super Typhoon Ragasa in Macau on September 24, 2025. Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on September 24 as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan. (Photo by Eduardo Leal/AFP Photo)

A man carries his dog through a flooded street in Macau during Super Typhoon Ragasa. September 24, 2025.(Photo by Eduardo Leal/AFP Photo)

Raymond Hinze
Raymond Hinze is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He's worked as a writer, trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system admin, and various other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together.