St. Louis Zoo has decided that after the death of three of its Polar Bears, they’ll be placing electronic versions in their enclosures instead.
St. Louis Zoo doesn’t have a very good track record for keeping Polar Bears alive. They’ve last three over of them since May 2005 (one of which had two fetuses), with the [...]
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Zoo Replaces Polar Bears With Electronic Ones
That’s One Big Dog
What happens when you’re a dog and your owner is smaller than you?
You demand their attention when they’re not giving you it of course…
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Fridge Cat
This made me laugh early this morning.
Beer, beer, beer, cat, beer… wait, what? [PIC]
from Tinypic
Picture of the Day: Bighorn Sheep Helicopter Transport
Who would ever of thought of using this method of transport to “transplant” a couple large Bighorn Sheep?
The caption from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources reads:
Five bighorn sheep slung from a helicopter and being transplanted to Desolation Canyon. Photo taken 1-15-09 by Brad Crompton, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Picture of the Day: Have You Seen This Cat?
“Have you seen this cat? Because it is AWESOME.”
It made me laugh at least
[from Tumblr.com via Digg.com]
“Immortal” Jellyfish
Picture credit: BARCROFT [via Telegraph.co.uk]
In what scientists are calling a “silent invastion”, a seemingly immortal jellyfish is taking over the world’s oceans.
The Turritopsis Nutricula is able to transform itself BACK into a juvenile form after becoming sexually mature and mating. Basically, each time after mating the jellyfish “turns” back into a teenager (juvenile) form. [...]
World’s Longest Insect Discovered
[source: http://www.welt.de]
Non-surprisingly it’s none other than a type of Stick Insect (or Phasmids). This monster measures exactly 56.7 centimetres (or 22 inches) if you include its legs. The insect was discovered in 1989 by Datuk Chan Chew Lun, a local villager, and was therefore fondly named Phobaeticus chani, or “Chan’s megastick”. The amazing animal looks [...]
