Clinging to the under-belly of a baboon, Gakii, a 3-month-old orphaned bush baby has plumped for an unlikely surrogate-mother.
In the grounds of the Nairobi Animal Orphanage, the duo cavort around in each others’ arms, drink milk out of the same bowl and poke mischievously at a Reuters television camera — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Japanese inventors have devised a gadget to make you prick up your ears — electronic cat’s ears.
Strap on the furry headgear, and its ears are programmed to move in ways that reflect the user’s inner mood — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two Canadians died instantly in a freak accident when a car hit a 136-kilogram black bear and sent the animal flying straight through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The purpose of eye-catching web decorations created by certain spiders has mystified scientists for decades, but new research suggests they help prevent unintentional damage.
Researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia have found that the bold silk cross constructed by the St. Andrew’s Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi) in the centre of their web is actually a visual warning of the web’s presence.
“The frequency and size of the cross’s increased as a response to heavy web damage, providing an explanation to the debated decorations,” said the lead author of the paper published in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, Andre Walter from the Department of Zoology — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Jake O’Dell, 25, was found not guilty of dousing Sammie — a female staffordshire bull terrier cross — in petrol and setting it alight because evidence suggests his cousin, Ben Rainey, also had the opportunity to do it.
Mr O’Dell did not appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court for the decision today.
Magistrate Fred Field found either Mr O’Dell or Mr Rainey, who were neighbours of Sammie’s owner Alice McDonnell, could have attacked Sammie at her West Croydon home in August 2009 — via ABC News
During recent research into how cuttlefish adopt camouflage positions, a common cuttlefish raises two of its eight arms in apparent mimicry of artificial algae placed in its tank. The animal reacted similarly when shown a photo of green algae, said biologist Roger Hanlon — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Meatworkers and the newly-formed Animal Justice Party may seem like strange bedfellows, but they are united on wanting to ban live animal exports.
The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union has backed an export ban and thinks it would create thousands of jobs in regional Australia — via redwolf.newsvine.com
More than 600 new species, including the world’s smallest known primate, a spider that spins golden webs and a gecko that changes colour during courtship, have been discovered on Madagascar in the past decade.
New species found between 1999 and last year included 41 mammals, 385 plants, 69 amphibians, 61 reptiles, 17 fish and 42 invertebrates.
Magadascar is the world’s fourth largest island, covering an area the size of France.
It was isolated from other landmasses 165m years ago, leading scientists to dub it the Eight Continent
and making many of the species discovered there totally unique in the world — via darrah–greenville–sc.newsvine.com
Glass octopus dreadlock bead by Emergent Glassworks — via Etsy
In the latest investigation involving a Los Angeles city agency, officials have launched a probe into the disappearance of nearly 40 dogs, cats and other animals from a Lincoln Heights shelter.
Brenda Barnette, general manager of the Animal Services Department, said 64 animals have disappeared from six shelters in roughly a year. Of that total, 39 were housed at the city’s North Central shelter on Lacy Street — a missing rate considered unusually high — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In a future world that has been destroyed by humans, only creatures in the darkest corners of the Earth have survived. The Apoctopus learns to adapt in the depths of an ocean whose waters had been tainted with the bi-products of the nuclear industry, some several centuries ago… — via Etsy
8×10? gouache on board — via CrashOctopus Blog
Kayla Raymond’s golden labrador Stormy has brightened the teenager’s life, navigating her through family tragedy.
The 18-year old Para West High student in Adelaide’s north, is part of the “Lab for life” program which links at-risk kids to train specially bred assistance dogs.
The service has been co-opted for a new youth mentoring program which will see 30 young people with disability or mental health issues go through the scheme in July — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A West Australian woman whose three dogs were starved and infested with fleas and ticks has been fined $2000 for animal cruelty.
The RSPCA visited the home of Heather Mourambine, at Geraldton in WA’s north, on 3 December 2010 after a complaint was made about the health of three dogs in the backyard of the property.
A crossbreed named Buster, a Shih Tzu named Lilly and a Kelpie cross named Bumblebee were found emaciated as a result of malnutrition and were affected by fleas and ticks — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Authorities are disgusted by the discovery of two rare dolphins found dead, tied to mangroves, and weighed down by a slab of concrete in north Queensland — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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Researchers (and some cat-owners) wanted to know: What do feral and free-roaming house cats do when they’re out of sight? A two-year study offers a first look at the daily lives of these feline paupers and princes, whose territories overlap on the urban, suburban, rural and agricultural edges of many towns.
The study used radio telemetry and a sophisticated activity-tracking device to capture the haunts and habits of dozens of owned and un-owned cats living at the southern edge of Champaign and Urbana, neighbouring cities in Central Illinois. Together, the 42 adult cats originally radio-tracked for the study ranged over a territory of 2,544 hectares (6,286 acres) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Victoria Police officers got a nasty surprise when they opened the bonnet of a car in Ararat, in central Victoria last week.
The officers were taking part in a vehicle safety testing course and pulled over a car that appeared to be unroadworthy. The front bumper was held on with duct tape.
The officers inspected the bumper and then lifted the bonnet and was shocked to see two rats jump out — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This is for my buddy SP, I was messing around in Illustrator and Photoshop and am semi-happy with how it turned out. Her character’s tail can be anything, so I immediately thought of cephalopods because… yeah — via Vivispection
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