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Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
100 New Aquatic Species Found
The discoveries were made during an expedition to French Frigate Shoals, northwest of Hawaii.
Mini Cows as Pets
My sister would love this just a little too much. People have begun keeping miniature breeds of cows as pets. This article is specifically about the Australian Lowline variety. Apparently, there are many more miniature breeds. Go figure.
Sturgeon are dangerous creatures as well
A 4-foot long sturgeon jumped out of the water and knocked a passing Jetskier of his craft and left him unconscious.
Another Lobster Story
Remember that hairy lobster I blogged a while back? And that fact about blue lobsters? Well, now there are yellow lobsters popping up. Apparently, there are also blue lobsters. The odds of finding a yellow lobster: 1 in 30,000,000. The odds of finding a blue lobster: 1 in 1,000,000.
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Marlins are surprisingly dangerous animals
While participating in a fishing tournament near Bermuda, a man was speared through the chest by the three foot long, razor sharp bill of a 14-foot marlin. He lived, amazingly.
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How animals slow the spread of disease
This article explains how gray squirrels apparently help limit the outbreaks of Lyme disease as well as why herders try to keep cattle herds in between mosquito breeding grounds and human settlements.
Endangered Animals
Animal Info has a list of some of the most badly endangered animals in the world, complete with figures on the remaining number of individuals in the species, as well as photographs.
PETA
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals?" . . . No
"People who like Eating Tasty Animals"? . . . No
"Prince who likes Eating Tasty Animals?" . . . YES!
In an interview with the Danish magazine Ud&Se, the 72-year-old Prince Consort of Denmark, Prince Henrik, a Frenchman by birth, who happens also to be the Honorary President of the Danish Dachshund Club, has stated that he has enjoyed eating dog meat since the time he spent growing up and studying in Vietnam. He invited Danes to try eating dog meat themselves. "I do not mind eating dog meat at all," he said.
"The dogs I eat have been bred to be eaten anyway, just like chickens. . . Dog meat tastes like rabbit. Like dried baby goat. Or perhaps - I know! - like veal. Like the veal of a baby suckling calf, only drier. He said the meat tasted best when it was sauteed or grilled and cut into thin slices.
As if this weren't enough, the Prince owns several dachshunds and, despite publishing a cookery book called Ikke Altid Gaselever (Not Always Goose Liver), has even published eulogies to them.
A book of Prince Henrik's poems, in which he praised his dogs, was published last year. A poem to his dachshund Evita compares her paws to 'wings.' "I love to stroke your coat and to see how it shines/ You dear, you special dog..../ You receive me with papal pride."
Since the prince's admission in the magazine Ud&Se, Danish newspapers have reopened their files on a royal dachshund that disappeared from Amalienborg palace, Copenhagen, in the early 1990s. Despite a countrywide search, it never reappeared.
By the way, the Prince also recommends that parents raise their children using techniques of dog training.
Monster Rabbit
It's been a while since I last come across an interesting animal picture. This one also comes with a story :-)
Holding One's Breath
The Crucian Carp, a fish closely related to the goldfish, can hold its breath for months, apparently.
Hairy Lobster
Last year, a team of divers, diving in 7500 deep waters 900 miles south of Easter Island, discovered what can be described as a 6 inch long, hairy lobster. The creature, which is so distinct from other known crustaceans, merited a new family and genus. Kiwa Hirsuta is the first member of the family Kiwaida, named after Kiwa, the Polynesian goddess of crustaceans.
More Animals
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 minutes.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
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