Monthly Archives: July, 2009
Friday Quote
I’m reading another “Cat Who…” book and stumbled upon today’s quote.
Cats are cats . . . The world over!
These intelligent, peace-loving
Four-footed friends — who are without
Prejudice, without hate, without greed –
May someday teach us something.
–The Qwill Pen, from The Cat Who Saw Stars by LJB
Have a great weekend, get out and do something fun and [...]
Llamas Make the Perfect Caddies (video)
Unsure of which club to use? Need some advice on your grip? Look no further than the llama caddies at Sherwood Forest Golf Course in Cedar Mountain, NC. Every Tuesday llamas come out to play, or rather to carry the golfers’ clubs while they play.
The llamas have been available for the last couple of months, [...]
Michael Vick Allowed Back in NFL
Vick served short of two years in prison for dogfighting, and yesterday he was conditionally reinstated to return to the NFL. This means that he can participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games. The punitive action continues to be that Vick can not play in any [...]
Babies Get the Dog’s Message Loud & Clear
A recent study done at Brigham Young University in Utah shows that babies understand the meaning behind various types of dog barks with or without much experience with dogs.
Infants as young as 6 months of age can accurately associate the sound of an aggressive snarl or happy yip with the photo depicting corresponding body language.
While [...]
Sen. Al Franken, More Sevice Dogs for Veterans
Senator Al Franken’s first piece of legislation is one that is near and dear to our hearts — he is proposing that service dogs be make more available to wounded veterans.
In January Franken met Luis Montalvan, one of our service men who was wounded in the line of duty while in Iraq. Montalvan, 36-year-old ex-intelligence [...]
L.A. Times: Recovery of Mexican gray wolves remains elusive
This morning I read a great article in the Los Angeles Times that chronicled the failure of the federal government’s program to reintroduce the Mexican gray wolf back into the wilderness. I can not recapture this information and do the story the justice it deserves, so I am linking to it with the inclusion of [...]
Friday Quote
Sometimes we need to be reminded that we are capable of achieving great things if we have the right mind set.
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.
~Mary Kay Ash
Go forth and fly! Have a great weekend and I’ll see you [...]
Jumbo Squid Menace San Diego Waters
Recently, San Diego beaches have been plagued by a rash of Humboldt squid, also called jumbo and flying jumbo squid. They’re keeping some scuba divers out of the waters, while drawing some thrill seekers to experience a once-in-a-lifetime chance of swimming with the creatures.
Humboldt squid are five feet long when fully grown and have a [...]
Roscoe, An Orangutan’s Best Friend
At T.I.G.E.R.S. (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species) preserve in Myrtle Beach, SC there are a pair of very special friends, Suryia and Roscoe. For the past two years they have been inseparable pals. What makes their story unusual is that Suryia is an orangutan and Roscoe is a stray hound dog, two [...]
Red Panda Cubs Saved by Wet Nurse Dog
Two red panda cubs were born on June 25th at the Taiyuan Zoo in China’s Shanxi province. Ha Guojiang, a zoo employee, said, “No one knew she [the red panda mother] was pregnant. Her plump body and bushy hair disguised her protruding belly until the babies were born.” However, sadly, she abandoned them shortly after [...]