Writing for this website is a true joy. Usually. But, along with writing about great animal-related events comes the responsibiity of covering the tragedies. With over 14,000 site views, it is my sad duty to report that Knut’s loving keeper has died.
No one knows the cause of death yet and we should all just take time to mourn and remember. And we can’t blame Knut-it’s highly unlikely he had anything to do with it and he’s mourning too.
RIP Doerflein.
I have nothing to add.
This one has been up at one of my anonymous news sources for quite a while now so I felt that I should mention it just for the of completeness. This dog, Buddy–real creative, was trained by his owner to bite a telephone if he (the owner) has a seizure. Well, he did and so he did. YAWN.
Peep the video here if you want
**No images of Buddy were available, so this picture from Wikipedia is the best I could do. It looks a lot like Buddy, though.
Today my mom discovered the most terrifying spider. My wife took the picture below of it. If anyone knows what this beast is, please let me know. We’re really worried.
Stop what you’re doing and go here now. I found this article on CNN and am utterly stunned. I would write more, but I’m going to go look into the mirror and contemplate my own color.
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but the Daily Mail is reporting that a 4-eared CAT has been spotted. It’s terrifying and I feel that I am the only person who can properly care for it. So, please, if the current owners would just email me at tom@bearscare.org with the subject line “4 EAR CAT” (I get tons of mail) it would be great.
Here’s a link to the article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046684/Meet-Yoda-cat-FOUR-ears.html
Yes.
This is amazing. Two new pandas have been born in China. They look like this (courtesy of National Geographic):
Here’s the video: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/08/15/vo.china.panda.ap
As this page establishes itself as a true colossus of the internet with TEN THOUSAND page loads, I would like to take a moment to discuss pelicans. Today, a pelican landed on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA, stopping traffic for a long time. This is the best thing that’s ever happened to that bridge.
I first noticed pelicans while photographing crabs and flying men in North Carolina earlier this summer. They captured my imagination and also the imaginations of generations before me–the graceful wings, the dump-truck beak–they’re probably just the best birds. Here’s a picture of one from Wikipedia’s article on them.
Also, Pelican is a pretty great band.
I think pelicans were featured in The Flintstones, which is fine. But I could be wrong about that.
More bear news. I don’t have much to say about this, but I’m just putting here to be complete. Here’s what happened:
It’s HIGHLY unlikely the bear would put up with a dog chewing on it. What’s much more likely is the peace-loving bear just wanted to avoid conflict and knew he couldn’t reason with the dog on the ground.
Here’s the link: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/07/pkg.bear.treed.wtlv
