for all of us caught up in the really heavy stuff going on in the world today, take a break and watch a couple of really cute videos courtesy of our animal friends.
The Bloop is the name given to an ultra-low frequency and extremely powerful underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1997. The source of the sound remains unknown.
The sound, traced to somewhere around 50° S 100° W, was detected several...
SAN DIEGO —
A second puppy with its ears cut off was taken in by the San Diego County Animal Shelter this week, and staffers said she came from the same litter as "Sunny,'' a puppy found in a Mission Valley trash bin with similar wounds.
Sunny was found on Nov. 19 in the 1200 block of Camino...
Porpoises have been known to help people who have been attacked by sharks or have capsized, but I have never heard of porpoises having such keen intelligence as in this situation.
And, could they have been SO extremely intelligent that they knew about his animal rights work? [/COLOR]...
82,000 illegal parrots destroyed
July 21, 2009
Animal rights organizations are outraged at the destruction of over 82,000 illegal parrots following the arrest of a 39-year-old parrot trader from Bruges.
At the end of March, following a fire in uitslaande Koolskamp a giant parrot nursery...