Package of 6 toppers, 2 of each design. Each tentacle measures 2” tall (50mm) (without the pick) — via Etsy
Parken Zoo in Sweden welcomed a new Fishing Cat on 24 May. The little one, whose sex is not yet determined, is doing well and will nurse from its mother until it reaches about six months of age. The proud mother and father, Alaya and Narjol, are already an experienced pair. They have two adult offspring, Arya and Arun, born in September 2009 — via ZooBorns
About 80 homes in a wealthy Calgary suburb are once again facing sporadic mail delivery due to the antics of an aggressive, brooding hawk. For three years, the predatory avian has made her nest in Lake Bonavista. And once the chicks hatch, mama hawk has taken a particular dislike to Canada Post mail carriers. The problem typically resolves itself when the baby birds leave the nest and the hawks migrate to Argentina. Until then, however, letter carriers are making the daily delivery with caution. The Post’s Jen Gerson spoke to Canada Post employee Rick Tobin about braving the slightly too wild suburbs of Calgary’s southeast.
Q How long have you been a letter carrier in that area?
A I’m actually a superintendent for the facility and I’ve been delivering the mail during this situation because I’m comfortable with it. Most days we split up the mail, put one person on one side of the street and another person on the other side of the street so we can look for it. And when the bird comes out, we have one person deliver, the other person watches. If the bird starts swooping, and we feel it’s unsafe at that point in time, we stop our delivery and bring the mail back to the facility.
Q Now your situation is you’re going out with another carrier and you’re the lookout? And you take a tennis racket, is that right?
A I am the gentleman who walks with the tennis racket. The whole purpose of the tennis racket is to put it straight up in the air so if the bird does swoop, it will misjudge itself. It goes for your high point. It would hit my tennis racket before it hit me. It’s never come at me with its claws out, its claws have always been tucked behind. Every carrier who has come out to assist me in delivery has enjoyed their experience. They have enjoyed watching the bird — because usually they’re new and the bird only focuses on me — so they enjoy that experience.
Q Basically you’re saying that they enjoy watching their boss get swooped by a hawk?
A Totally — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An Ocelot kitten born at the Cameron Park Zoo is being called a miracle baby
because it was born to a mother who was beyond the known breeding age for Ocelots. The kitten, a male named Aztec, is the first infant born to Cameron Park Zoo Ocelots Maya and Gustavo. Maya is 14 years old, an age which is considered somewhat past the prime age for successfully producing offspring — via ZooBorns
This is the first baby Nautilus for Birch Aquarium at Scripps. This little guy or gal was a long time in the making. The egg was laid in early November of 2012 and the hatching process has taken weeks… all leading up to last Wednesday, when it finally emerged — via ZooBorns
A endangered Persian Leopard Cub born on 10 June 10 made his debut at the Budapest Zoo. The male cub, named Dante, was given his first medical exam and presented to the public for the first time — via ZooBorns
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.
Crocheted by hand with a cotton/acrylic blend yarn and filled with polyester fibrefill. The eyes are handmade with polymer clay and glow in the dark! Measures about 3.5 inches tall — via Etsy
Grass Tree, originally uploaded by Bill Mac.
Despite their lethargic reputations, snails can travel at a relatively speedy one metre per hour, say researchers.
By attaching multicoloured LED lights, the scientists were able to track their movements over a 24-hour period.
The gastropods were fast enough to explore the length of an average UK garden in a single night.
But scientists are worried that the fast-moving snails are spreading a parasite that is deadly for dogs.
Over the past few years the wet summers enjoyed across the UK have proved the ideal breeding grounds for snails.
According to the Royal Horticultural Society, their numbers increased by 50% last year.
As well as being a pest for gardeners, snails can also spread a parasite called Angiostrongylus vasorum.
This lungworm is a particular threat to dogs, which can become infected by accidentally eating slugs or snails which they come across in the garden or on dog toys — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A New Zealand vet has successfully saved a poisoned cat by administering blood from a dog in a rare inter-species transfusion.
Cat owner Kim Edwards was frantic last week when her ginger tom Rory went limp after eating rat poison and rushed the ailing cat to her local veterinary clinic at Tauranga in the North Island for help.
Vet Kate Heller said the feeble feline was fading fast and needed an immediate transfusion to survive, but there was not enough time to send a sample to the laboratory for testing to determine the cat’s blood type.
Instead, she decided to take a gamble and use dog’s blood to try to save the animal, knowing it would die instantly if she gave it the wrong type.
Ms Edwards called up her friend, Michelle Whitmore, who volunteered her black Labrador Macy as a doggie-blood donor in a last-ditch attempt to save Rory.
It was a procedure Dr Heller said she had never performed before and was very rare — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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A zookeeper’s thumb has been partially severed after he was bitten by a black rhinoceros at Taronga Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo.
Police say the 34-year-old was bitten while feeding the animal yesterday afternoon — via redwolf.newsvine.com
With their pointy ears peeking out from the long grass, this trio of Lynx kittens played hide and seek as they recently made their public debut at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. The eight-week-old triplets named Ruby, Amber, and Opal, spent their first few weeks snuggled up inside with their mother, Maja, before taking their first tiny, tentative steps outside this week. And now they are big enough to venture out on their own! The playful kittens are getting bolder by the day and are often spotted perched on tree trunks from which to pounce, play fighting in the grass, and snoozing on logs — via ZooBorns
A Mongolian wolf pup was born 25 April 2013, at Zoo Zurich in Switzerland. Zoo keepers had prepared a den (with a hidden camera) for the first time wolf mother, but she used it for only several days. She soon took her pup to different dens the wolves had burrowed themselves. According to keepers, the small female pup has an independent streak, preferring at times to wander around alone. As she grows older, she’ll learn to adjust to life within the pack — via ZooBorns
Caretakers at Artis Zoo in Amsterdam are keeping an eye out for kits in their Fennec Fox exhibit. The mother has quietly given birth to at least two male kits since July 2nd, but it still isn’t clear exactly how many have been born. Every now and then, caretakers have caught a glimpse of some kits and heard little squeaks coming from behind stumps and other hiding places — via ZooBorns
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Two energetic Northern Cheetah cubs turned 2 months recently at Chester Zoo in England. The pair, born 4 June, are a male and a female. The zoo says that the two cubs are starting to develop their own personalities, as they climb tree stumps and bounce after one another — via ZooBorns
In Germany, Zoo Krefeld’s Black Rhino couple, Nane and Usoni, gave birth to their fourth baby on 13 July. The baby, whose gender is unknown, weighs almost 30 kg. Zoo Krefeld is one of only five zoos in Germany that successfully breed the rare species — via ZooBorns
There’s a small contingent of House Greyjoy fans who’ve been asking me to make a design for their favourite house this past year, and I am happy to finally oblige their requests! I present the Iron Island Krakens (or Greyoy Krakens) — via Dave’s Geeky Hockey
Scootaloo, while not being able to fly as fast or as high as other pegasi manages to get around town just as quickly using earth pony ingenuity. Although sometimes her still being a filly easily becomes an excuse for recklessness, but at least she has the sense to wear a helmet. Now if only the other ponies she might come crashing through would be wearing one too — via Youtube
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