July 2008
87 posts
Moment a man saved drowning bear
Wildlife officer Adam Warwick stripped off and jumped into the sea to save the bear who bolted into the water after being hit by a tranquiliser dart. The 26-stone black bear had bolted into the water in fright after being shot with a tranquilliser dart when it was found roaming a Florida beachfront neighbourhood. However, as the paralysing drug took effect, the panicked creature thrashed and...
June 2008
81 posts
Legalize Whaling (a Little), Some Conservationists...
Could a little legalized commercial whale hunting actually help save the animals? That’s one idea floating around this year’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile.
The still unofficial proposal involves backing off a 22-year-old moratorium that bans all but a small amount of whaling for scientific and sustenance purposes.
Some problems with the ban as...
Ringtones Only Dogs Can Hear
Aside from ninjas and samurais, Japan is also host to some of the world’s weirdest inventions. And they’ve done it again.
In order to bring something fresh and new into an overdeveloped industry, one interactive content provider from Tokyo has designed ringtones that only dogs can hear.
Dwango officials say their release is groundbreaking, but to some (myself included) it is absolutely...
Convert any kitteh to a dumb party babe
It might seem funny to us, but these kittens will never forgive their owners for what they have been subjected to. But it’s all for a noble cause. Kitty Wigs is a product of Julie Jackson’s imagination and love for cats and she donates 20% of the yearly profits to the American Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Here are some fetching wigs for making your kitten serrrriously...
The Leech’s Ugly Stepsister
Although they might seem normal, lampreys are not those type of fish you usually see in the waters. It might not seem appetizing either, but lampreys were consumed since the Middle Ages, especially by royalty. In southwestern Europe, these odd looking animals are considered a delicacy. Be that as it may, this is one of the scariest looking fishes you could encounter in Australia, New Zealand or...
Greatest American Dog!! - Premieres Thursday, July...
Twelve extraordinary teams of dogs and owners from across the nation from “pageant dogs” to those simply trained at home, will live together and compete against each other in challenges that put the owners’ ability to train their dogs to the test. Each week, the judges will eliminate one dog and their owner. The last remaining team will walk away with a $250,000 cash prize and...
Garmin Announces a New, Improved Astro GPS Dog...
Garmin has just announced a successor to their original Astro GPS dog collar. With a new more rugged and flexible design, the Astro DC 30 can track your best friend for up to 30 hours at a time, depending on the variable update rate. And while it still needs to sync with the Astro pocketable base station unit, that crazy mutt can run up to seven miles away and still show up on the map....
The Rhino With the World at His Feet
Mohan, thought to be the world’s oldest Indian rhino and the first to wear shoes, turns 39 this month. But as he kicks back and relaxes in a Florida old-age home, his former caretakers, especially in Washington, can’t help but reminisce about their time together, like former groupies in a rock star’s shadow. “He is one of the icons,” says Ron Magill, the...
Dog Made Adorably Bionic With Model Airplane...
This tiny puppy, named Hope, was born without front legs. You know what that means: it was time to create a robopuppy. Orthotist David Turnbill created a custom support for hope using a couple of model airplane wheels, and each one of the “legs” can move up and down independently, allowing Hope to pivot and turn. If you were to say this is the most adorable thing ever, you might just...
Scottish Dolphin Swims Through Glasgow
A dolphin popped up in the polluted waters of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland over the weekend. The unlikely animal sighting has experts worried because the dolphin appears to be badly injured and emaciated. Officials say they don’t expect it to survive, but they may be able to help the dolphin if it beaches itself on a sandbar. In the meantime, we clearly have to name him Clyde. Clyde...
14-Year-Old Brooklyn Walrus Ayveq Dies
Last September the NY Aquarium’s walrus Ayveq, along with Kulu, brought a new baby Walrus into the world. Sadly, the Brooklyn Paper reports that the nearly one-year-old walrus is now fatherless; at age 14 Ayveq has died (most likely of a bacterial infection)…but at least he left a legacy. Aquarium Director Jon Forrest Dohlin told the paper “We are all still in shock about it. He was an...
Mass Extinctions Due to Sea Level Changes, Study...
The rise and fall of the seas may have a more lethal toll on Earth’s life than asteroids and supervolcanoes, according to a new study.
Over the past 540 million years, every increase in the rate of extinctions—including the five so-called mass extinctions—has been linked to environmental changes wrought by changing sea levels, the study says.
Only some mass-extinction events, though, have...
Sea Lion Seizures May Result From Toxic Algae
With algal blooms on the rise in their habitat, sea lions in California are developing seizures and abnormal behavior, a new study of lab rodents shows.
The symptoms can result from low-dose fetal exposure to domoic acid, a naturally produced neurotoxin in algae that becomes concentrated in the sea lions’ food supply, researchers say.
A new study follows an analysis earlier this year...
Lioness and Cubs Live 24/7!
We’re a little behind on the news, but this is certainly one story worth covering. Sera is the lioness to give birth to the first lion cubs in Norway. At the Kristiansand Dyrepark, Sera is the proud mother of four lion cubs: Nala, Lea, Kiara and Akira. They were born in the morning of May 31st, the event being fully covered and broadcasted online. More than two weeks have passed and people are...
Molly, The Horse that Could
She is Molly. The young pony was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit Southern Louisiana. After spending several weeks wondering, she was found and taken to an animal shelter. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull, her front leg becoming infected and needing amputation.
Best Friends: Cat and Bear
Mausi the cat and Muschi the bear are one of the weirdest animal couples we’ve ever seen. The cat, a female moggi, and the Asian black bear, leave, sleep and play together at Berlin’s Zoo. The two met seven years ago, when the cat entered the bear’s cave and started eating its food. Visitors are puzzled yet fascinated by the odd friendship. No one knows how this exactly happened - maybe the bear...
Towel Animals!!!
Green Porno →
For nearly 40 years an albino gorilla named Snowflake was adored by people around the world.
In 1967, local villagers in Africa’s Equitorial Guinea captured a remarkable baby gorilla. This young male was unlike any gorilla the villagers had seen before; instead of the thick brown fur of most gorillas, this baby had a coat of pure white. Through a series of fortunate circumstances, the...
The First Unicorn...
A real, live unicorn was spotted in Italy! Well, sorta. It’s actually a baby deer that was born—with a genetic flaw of only having one horn in the center of his head—in captivity in a research habitat in the Tuscan town of Prato. Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato said that this is the first time he’s ever seen anything like this.
Source: Jezebel
Remote-Controlled Cows
If you have a pet dog or cat, chances are your furry pal has an embedded microchip that allows animal shelters to find out who the owner is in the event of an escape or pet-napping. Imagine if that same chip could tell a dog to go home or relay instructions directly from the owner, even if the dog was miles away. That’s the sort of technology being pursued by the USDA’s Agricultural...
Sharks ‘seeking human targets’
Scientists fear sharks are now HUNTING people for the first time after Jaws-style attacks on a resort. The horrifying theory emerged after two surfers were killed and one badly injured in a month. A fourth swimmer is missing at the Mexican seaside town. Locals fear ONE rogue shark is responsible but experts believe a pack of deadly bull sharks are actively targeting humans for the first time. They...
Brentwood mom finds snake sleeping in crib with...
A mother in Brentwood checked on her sleeping daughter to find a real-life urban legend come true: There was a snake in her baby’s crib, she said.
Cari Abatemarco, 32, of upstate Troy, was visiting family in Brentwood late last week when she awoke after 1 a.m. Thursday to the sound of her 7-month-old daughter’s cries and responded as any mother would. She said she found a live snake...
A Parasite that Induces Love in its Host
A Brazilian wasp has evolved a very peculiar mind-control power in order to reproduce: It induces love in a species of caterpillar. The wasp lays its eggs in a baby caterpillar, which grows normally as the eggs grow inside it. Eventually, larvae burst out of the caterpillar’s body, and that’s when things get weird. The caterpillar covers the larvae with silk, and will protect them...
The Cute Epidemic
Kittens: they just won’t go away. You must look at them! They and their assorted cute friends—puppies, monkeys, duckies, hippopotami—have taken over the internet, and have already become a leading addiction among men and women alike. Cute cravings must be fed, productivity be damned. A baby bear licking a swan! A parakeet wearing a tutu! A kitten roller skating on the back of a pink...
Panda Killed In China Earthquake Mourned
Nearly a month after China’s devastating earthquake, the Wolong Nature Reserve held a funeral Tuesday for a panda that was crushed in the temblor.
The world famous panda center was badly damaged by the May 12 quake but officials initially thought all 64 pandas had survived. They later discovered that two were missing.
Nine-year-old Mao Mao, the mother of five at the breeding center, was...
