also a nice find, that will help save amphibians: Eye Ointment Can Cure Frog Fungus
First Chimp to Sign Dies
if i had known that i was two blocks away when i visted friends in ellensburg, i’d have insisted on going to visit her: A female chimpanzee believed to be the first nonhuman to acquire human language has died of natural causes at the Washington State research institute where she was kept. Washoe, who first […]
Laika, first dog in orbit – Yahoo! News
Just nine days before the launch, Doctor Vladimir Yazdovsky chose one of them — 2-year-old Laika — for the mission. Stories about how she was chosen vary. Some say Laika was chosen for her good looks — a Soviet space pioneer had to be photogenic. Others say space doctors simply had a soft spot for […]
black dogs
my family is fond of black dogs trogdor turned five this year, and he’s turned into an almost perfect dog. he gets a little testy with j2, but is learning to be more patient with his (too hard) hugs, and j2 is learning trog’s quirks and how to not trigger a growl. chandler, who is, […]
10,000 Wildebeest Drown in Migration “Pileupâ€
In a bizarre mishap that conservationists describe as “heartbreaking,†an estimated 10,000 wildebeest have drowned while attempting to cross Kenya’s Mara River during an annual migration. The deaths, which occurred over the course of several days last week, are said to account for about one percent of the total species population. The drownings created a […]
one ugly monkey revisited
one. ugly. monkey. Originally uploaded by berbercarpet the phrase “one. ugly. monkey.†generates quite a bit of traffic to this blog, and this photo has over 19,000 views at my flickr account. so i thought i would take the time to use this platform to point out that this ugly little guy is one of […]
how smart are chimps?
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humans finally off 115 year old whale
The bomb lance fragment, lodged a bone between the whale’s neck and shoulder blade, was likely manufactured in New Bedford, on the southeast coast of Massachusetts, a major whaling center at that time, Bockstoce said. It was probably shot at the whale from a heavy shoulder gun around 1890. The small metal cylinder was filled […]