Our Giant Squid removable vinyl wall decal sticker can be found dwelling in the deep blue waters of the Kawaii Ocean. However, there is no need to fear this giant sea monster. He is very friendly and promises to play well with others. Our happy squid measures 13″ x 28″ and is made in your choice of colour — via Etsy
Rhinos are one of the heaviest land animals but one thing puzzles scientists: how do they carry this weight on their stumpy little feet?
Now a team from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is trying to find out.
Rhinos at Colchester Zoo have been trained to walk across a hi-tech track that is packed full of sensors.
This will allow the researchers to measure the pressure and forces in the rhinos’ feet to reveal how the weight is distributed — via redwolf.newsvine.com
American research linking chemicals from coal seam gas extraction to the deaths of scores of animals has prompted calls for a freeze on new drilling licences in Australia.
The University of Massachusetts study, published in the New Solutions journal, examined the impact of gas extraction in six US states.
In one case it found 70 cattle died after waste water was dumped in a creek. In another case 17 cattle died after the release of fracturing fluids into a paddock.
It also identified reproductive problems in domestic animals.
The report also gave two examples where humans became ill after fracking took place near their homes.
In one case a child was treated in hospital for delirium and tests revealed he had arsenic poisoning. The family stopped using their well for drinking water — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A giant Galapagos tortoise believed extinct for 150 years probably still exists, say scientists.
Chelonoidis elephantopus lived on the island of Floreana, and was heavily hunted, especially by whalers who visited the Galapagos to re-stock.
A Yale University team found hybrid tortoises on another island, Isabela, that appear to have C. elephantopus as one of their parents.
Some hybrids are only 15 years old, so their parents are likely to be alive — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This plucky little guy is Ole, a Welsh Corgi who somehow managed to survive a horrific avalanche that killed one of his owners near Cooke City, Montana. After presumably tunnelling out from under snow many times deeper than the small dog’s stature, Ole walked for four days before finally coming to rest at a local motel. This is one incredible little dog.
Ole’s owner Dave Gaillard was out skiing with his wife Kerry along Hayden Creek with their diminutive dog this past Saturday. Dave happened to spot the avalanche which broke in the mountains above, and shouted to Kerry that she should Retreat to the trees
. These would be his last words. Dave was buried under some 14 feet of snow. Kerry, heading his warning, survived by clinging to a tree. Ole was nowhere in sight.
Four days later, to everyone’s surprise, the little orange and white dog appeared at the Alpine Motel — some four miles away from where the Gaillards had been. He was dazed, hungry, and scared, but Bill Whittle says the little dog responded to his calls and ate and drank happily — via redwolf.newsvine.com
American Apparel track jacket appliqued with a killer squid — via Etsy
This whimsical little fox sculpture has been hand sculpted from a lightweight and durable clay. It has been painted with acrylics, and given several coats of a glossy sealer — via Etsy
This pendant features a unique, fine line drawing of an octopus by Susie Ghahremani embossed in cast metal. Suction cups on each tentacle — via Etsy
Necklace is comprised of a silver toned pewter detailed octopus charm that hangs from a silver plated chain and wire clasp — via Etsy
This is the combined listing for buying both the deep sea diver and the squid crochet patterns — via Etsy
Blue Ringed Octopus near Bunaken, Indonesia, originally uploaded by Theresa Legler.
Parasitic flies that turn honeybees into night-flying zombies could provide another clue to cracking the mystery of colony collapse disorder.
Since 2007, thousands of hives in the US have been decimated as bees inexplicably go missing overnight. The best explanation so far is that multiple stresses, perhaps parasitic mites, viruses or pesticides, combine to tip the bees over the edge.
John Hafernik of San Francisco State University in California and colleagues discovered that hosting Apocephalus borealis, a parasitic fly found throughout North America, makes bees fly around in a disoriented way at night, when they normally roost in the hive, before killing them — via redwolf.newsvine.com
For the last six months, three orangutans at the Milwaukee County Zoo have had the pleasure of playing with a donated iPad a couple times a week, and guess what? They love it.
We show them the iPad, and read them stories or let them have different apps,
” said Jan Rafert, curator of primates and small mammals at the zoo. “We don’t let them hold them, but they can do some of the paint apps by sticking their fingers through the mesh.”
The orangutan iPad program, known as Apps for Apes, was started after the gorilla keeper at the zoo mentioned on her Facebook page that she’d like to get some iPads for her gorillas to play with, Rafert explained. It was kind of a joke, but a zoo volunteer took it seriously and donated a used iPad to the zoo. It turned out that the gorillas didn’t really enjoy the iPad – “they are more stoic,” said Rafert – but the orangutans went wild — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A sweet little octopus cuddling his patchwork squid plushie — via deviantART
Whodunit? A final mystery surrounding the work of film legend Alfred Hitchcock — what triggered the crazed bird flocks that helped inspire his 1963 thriller The Birds — appears solved by scientists.
Dying and disoriented seabirds rammed themselves into homes across California’s Monterey Bay in the summer of 1961, sparking a long-standing mystery about the cause among marine biologists. The avian incidents sparked local visitor Hitchcock’s interest, along with a story about spooky bird behaviour by British writer Daphne du Maurier — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A giant saltwater crocodile named Elvis charged at an Australian reptile park worker before stealing his lawn mower.
Tim Faulkner, operations manager at the Australian Reptile Park, north of Sydney, was one of three workers tending to the lawn in Elvis’s enclosure on Wednesday when he heard the crocodile’s keeper, Billy Collett, let out a yelp. Faulkner looked up to see the 5m-long,500kg crocodile lunging out of its lagoon at Collett, who warded the creature off with his mower.
Before we knew it, the croc had the mower above his head,
Faulkner said. He got his jaws around the top of the mower and picked it up and took it underwater with him.
The workers quickly left the enclosure. Elvis, meanwhile, showed no signs of relinquishing his new toy and sat guarding it closely all morning — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A second, rare, white Kiwi hatched on the morning of 18 December at Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre. Like it’s sibling, Manukura, this little one has received a special and meaningful name — Mauriora, meaning sustained life
. It hatched in the Wildlife Centre’s nursery, where Manukura — the world’s first white kiwi hatched in captivity — came along in May — via ZooBorns
Red Stinkhorn, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
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