Young Fox, Summer 2011 — via 500px
The octopus is one of the most unique creatures of the deep, revered as both a sea monster in western culture and as the sole survivor from an alien universe in Hawaiian mythology and makes for a truly one of a kind pendant — via Etsy
Octopus/pot by Keiko Masumoto, originally uploaded by Ali M.
Many dog owners will swear their pups are up to something when out of view of watchful eyes. Shoes go missing, couches have mysterious teeth marks, and food disappears. They seem to disregard the word no
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Now, a new study suggests dogs might understand people even better than we thought.
The research shows that domestic dogs, when told not to snatch a piece of food, are more likely to disobey the command in a dark room than in a lit room.
This suggests that man’s best friend is capable of understanding a human’s point of view, said study leader Juliane Kaminski, a psychologist at the UK’s University of Portmouth.
The one thing we can say is that dogs really have specialized skills in reading human communication,
she said. This is special in dogs
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
This piece is an elegant and understated version of an ancient and timeless symbol — via Etsy
It’s a problem that plagues passengers who park at Denver International Airport — bunnies are causing hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars in damage to cars.
The rabbits eat the wires under the hood.
The USDA Wildlife Service is removing at least 100 bunnies every month but the problem persists.
I see at least dozens every morning. They go hide under the cars and the cars are warm,
said airport shuttle driver Michelle Anderson.
They like to chew on the insulator portion of the ignition cables. That’s what we see,
said Arapahoe Autotek spokesman Wiley Faris — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Visitors at the San Diego Zoo were in for a surprise this past Saturday when they were unexpectedly greeted by the zoo’s newest inhabitant, a newborn Takin. The baby boy, born sometime between 7.30 and 8.00am on 2 February, was quick to its feet as mother Summer immediately started work on cleaning her new son off. While this was not Summer’s first child, it was the first for his father Lian. Summer’s grown daughter Mei Long was also there to help her mother care for her new half brother. These photos, taken less than an hour and a half after the birth, document some the intimate first hours of this newborn’s life — via ZooBorns
Australia’s Taronga Zoo welcomed three Fennec Fox infants, the first to be born to a new breeding pair from Europe. The kits, which are just starting to emerge from their nest box, were born on 19 December 2012, a year after the zoo introduced their parents, Zinder and Kibali, a new breeding couple from Europe — via ZooBorns
Cute little baby Nautilus — via Etsy
A pair of young Cougar cubs found orphaned and starving near Missoula, Montana briefly took up residence at the Oregon Zoo before being transferred to a new, permanent home at Tennessee’s Chattanooga Zoo — via ZooBorns
Scientists have reported on the bizarre sex life of a sea slug that discards its penis after copulation, and then grows a new one.
Dubbed Chromodoris reticulata in Latin, the red-and-white slug — technically a shell-less mollusc — inhabits warms waters in South East Asia.
No other animal is known to repeatedly copulate using such ‘disposable penes’,
Japanese biologists wrote in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, describing the behaviour as extremely peculiar
.
The critter needs 24 hours between couplings to unroll an internally coiled and compressed juvenile penis to replace the used, external organ, scientists found.
It can repeat this feat at least three times — via redwolf.newsvine.com
On 9 November 2012, Bristol Zoo welcomed two very special new additions. Shiva, our Asiatic lioness, gave birth to two male lion cubs called Kamran and Ketan. This was an incredibly important event for this critically endangered species — via Bristol Zoo
The Oktopus toilet plunger is a concept design developed by Art. Lebedev Studio that makes it look like a large tentacled creature is emerging from your toilet — via Laughing Squid
By 12 January, Nashville Zoo Animal Care Staff had waited over 13 months for the arrival of the Zoo’s second Baird’s Tapir in two years. Soon after the calf’s delivery it became clear that something was wrong.
The baby’s embryonic sac did not break, so he could not breathe and began to rapidly lose vitality. Zoo staff made the decision to intervene and moved mother Houston out of the stall. They then freed the baby from the sac, verified he still had a heart rate, and immediately cleared his airways and performed mouth-to-nose resuscitation until he was fully breathing on his own. Thanks to their heroic efforts and quick action, the calf is doing well — via ZooBorns
Photo Credit: Klaus Wiese
— via 500px
Arctic Fox #2, originally uploaded by Pat’s Pics36.
A wolf hunt in Sweden that had angered environmentalists has been suspended, just days after it began.
The Swedish government had authorised what it called a targeted cull, saying it would create a healthier wolf population.
But it was suspended pending a full legal review after conservationists appealed to the courts.
Hunters killed three out of the 16 wolves allowed under the quota before the cull was called off — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Poland’s Warsaw Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby Giant Anteater. The male baby was born on January 18, and is the fourth baby for the zoo’s breeding pair — via ZooBorns
In the near future, ladies prim and proper will stroll around with octopus umbrellas — via Boxyheadbry
On 6 January, Poland’s Wroclaw ZOO welcomed the birth of a little female South American Tapir. This striped little girl is healthy, nursing regularly, and growing strong. She will be weaned in about 6 months. She has been named Melba, and spends her days in an indoor exhibit where guests can watch her playing and cuddling with Sabrina, her mother — via ZooBorns
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