Animals
A new species of spider, Dolomedes briangreenei, which likes to swim and catch fish, has been discovered in Queensland. …about the size of the palm of a hand…
Don’t Be Late for Church!…
…That night, I had a dream that I still remember to this day: Spot was in heaven, and he was walking alongside a tall, bearded man in a robe. I thought it was probably Moses.…
It was like that when I got here…
BARTLESVILLE, Oklahoma - A Bartlesville conservation organization responsible for saving the southern bald eagle from extinction is now facing extinction itself.
The George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center found out this week that because of state budget cuts, close to a million dollars in funding from the University of Oklahoma is stopping on June 30. That's at least 80 percent of the Sutton Center's budget.
That means most staff positions would go, along with Sutton's popular traveling wild bird show that has brought eagles, owls and hawks to hundreds of local schools. …
New footage shows chimpanzees engaging in bizarre behaviour — which might be a form of sacred ritual that could show the beginnings of a kind of religious belief.
Chimpanzees in West Africa have been spotted banging and throwing rocks against trees and throwing them into gaps inside, leading to piles of rocks. Those rocks do not appear to be for any functional purpose — and might be an example of an early version of ritual behaviour.…
The California Highway patrol spent four hours trying to capture a runaway unicorn.…
…the main reason I'd discourage feeding cats "people food" is that there are a number of foods that are toxic to cats.…
This biker was on a routine ride to meet up with his father… Brandon Turnbow noticed a truck stopped on the side of the road and it’s driver beating a little, white and tan terrier-mix. He watched the man throw the dog into the air and drive off.…
Man’s best friend has a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners — look away.
New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans, even as they tend to stare down upset canines. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to appease humans, that evolved as dogs were domesticated and benefited from avoiding conflicts with humans.…
Claremore, Okla - In the past seven years, the Wild Heart Ranch has rescued 12 Eagles in Eastern Oklahoma and exactly half have died due to lead poisoning in the wild. …from tools hunters and fishers use within the wild… many species are contaminating one another…
“A lot of people don’t really realize that their choice to save a few pennies and purchasing lead rather than steel or brass or tungsten is actually putting our nation’s symbol at a risk for lead toxicity and death…”
… two small dogs took off on Tuesday morning after their owner was taken to the hospital… Officer Chris Bisceglia drove through the neighbourhood again a few hours later, looking for the dogs. … One of the dogs ran up to him, barking, and insisted that the officer follow him through a field to an embankment, where Bisceglia saw that the other dog had slid about 30 feet on the ice to the bottom of the slope and become tangled in undergrowth. …
When two-year-old Scarlette Tipton first met her new 3-month-old friend in December, she noticed right away what made Holly special.
“Owie?” Scarlette said, pointing to the kitten’s amputated right front leg.
“Yes,” Simone Tipton told her daughter, who also had an amputated limb. Scarlette lost her left arm due to a rare form of cancer when she was only 10 months old.
“Yes, an owie. Just like you,” her mother said. “But she’s okay – just like you are too.”…
…the winter storm named Goliath “hit hard at the heart of the Texas dairy industry.” The reduction in the state’s milk supply, and dairy and other financial losses, as well as the emotional impact on farmers of losing their animals, is enormous…
…Dogs became self-domesticated as they slowly evolved from wolves who joined humans in the hunt, according to the first study of dog genomes.
And it shows that the first domesticated dogs came about 33,000 years ago … in southern East Asia… and migrated to Europe, rather than descending from domesticated European wolves 10,000 years ago as had previously been thought. … several basic aspects about the origin and evolution of the domestic dog are still in dispute including several different geographical regions as the proposed birthplace of domestic dogs, and estimations of the date of divergence between wolves and dogs…
Two Canadian brothers who rescued a bald eagle from a trap took the rare chance to snap a selfie with the stately creature before setting it free.…
Imagine that you're walking along a road, minding your own business — or perhaps you're driving in your car — when all of a sudden, out of the blue, a cow comes hurtling out of the sky and lands on top of you. This situation, odd as it may sound, happens more often than you might think, often with tragic consequences both to the cow and the person struck.…
Brazil …The dog who was scavenging for food in a garbage dump came across the newborn who still had the umbilical cord attached. The smart dog gently carried the baby in her mouth out of the dump, walked a few hundred feet to the closest house and handed the baby over to helpful humans hands. … Medical representatives said the baby boy is in great condition and was unharmed by the dog.…
…When João Pereira de Souza found an oil-soaked bird on the beach near his southeast Brazilian home in 2011, he cleaned off the penguin, fed him some sardines, and when it was strong enough, took the bird to the beach, expecting it to swim away. But the black and white Magellanic penguin, now known as Jingjing, refused to leave.…
…hit by a school minibus, Audrey Stone… who is legally blind, spent months in a rehabilitation hospital. …guide dog… had jumped in front of a bus to save her. … had surgery himself and went back to his trainers to make sure he would be able to work again. … at last, there was Figo striding up the driveway to greet her… “Oh, my good boy,” she exclaimed as she petted him, his tail wagging full-force. “You’re home — finally!”…
A Florida woman was fatally struck by a big rig truck Friday and for hours afterward her dog remained at the scene, lying down in the road where the accident happened.… The family said the pair were inseparable.…
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