Did you know that licenses are being issued willy nilly to cull various native beasts including Swans and Wombats? (Swans? WTF?) It’s true! Apparently native animals are enormously inconvenient to those of us who like to eat meat and wear wool etc. so people who I have not met in Rural and Regional Australia will [...]
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Giant Squid (Magnapinna sp. C) has elbows. Shock!
November 25, 2008 – 11:10 pm
This is a giant squid Big Fin squid. They have elbows now. This is one of those living way down deep doesn’t get seen very often Giant Squid. The question that springs to mind of course is: Why does a giant squid need elbows? Obviously it doesn’t, and yet there they are. If there was [...]
Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus)
November 22, 2008 – 10:45 pm
This video (entitled “Our three guinea pigs fighting for a cucumber”) consists of three guinea pigs fighting for a cucumber. It is 78 seconds long and I think it is entirely marvelous. I have never met any of these guinea pigs.
The story begins with our three protagonists sitting on what appears to be a bed or [...]
The Longfinned Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) and the Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
November 19, 2008 – 11:03 pm
A GIANT ROGUE EEL has moved into a Queensland swimming hole and is sensibly biting everyone who wanders past. Go eel.
There is not much more to tell, people who get in the water with the LURKING eel are finding themselves being bitten whereas people who do not get in the water remain suspiciously free of eel [...]
The Sheep (Ovis aries) or Dog adopts kittens shock!
November 14, 2008 – 11:16 pm
I thought this was interesting. A chinese dog adopts a bunch of kittens. It’s always so cute (of course you never hear about the kittens that dont get adopted and then just die).
Perhaps there needs to be an investigation into all of these dogs not adopting kittens (News Ltd Please). Dog Mum Leaves Kittens to [...]
Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) trapped on mountain
November 12, 2008 – 2:02 pm
This photo comes from here http://flickr.com/photos/eickholt/
It is a photo of a goat that looks to the untrained eye as if it is stuck on a cliff. But no. Us goat experts all know that it is not stuck because the goat on the right is going to get a ladder and will rescue it shortly. Of [...]
The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and a squirrel and a robot
November 11, 2008 – 12:43 pm
Today’s post is really just a neat excuse to look at panda photos. Here is one.
Here is another one. They are horribly endangered and you should all be ashamed of yourselves.
A melbourne girl has been bitten by a Panda on a trip to China and is evacuated home. While it seems the panda sanctuary has [...]
The Greyhound
November 9, 2008 – 6:05 pm
Greyhound racing has been banned in Massachusetts. A ballot, aptly named Grey2K SA was passed on November 4, the same time Barack Obama was made president. Coincidence? I dont think so.
As of 2010 you can’t race Greyhounds there. [Doggy Story]
Now the problem will be dusty herds of unemployed greyhounds begging on street corners, living under bridges and [...]
Otto the Octopus
November 2, 2008 – 4:48 pm
The tale of Otto the octopus is sad and remarkable all at once. Sad because he gets locked up in an aquarium for our benefit, and remarkable because he CAN JUGGLE HERMIT CRABS! He throws rocks at the glass in his tank to break it and he figured out how to extinguish a spotlight by [...]
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