Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Mammals, Zoos on 10 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Baby colobus monkey steps out at Denver Zoo

A baby colobus monkey named Darby was born at the Denver Zoo on Oct. 15 and can now be seen, weather permitting, with the rest of its troop in the Primate Panorama at the zoo. Darby, like all colobus monkey infants, is all white — in contrast to the adults, which are mostly black with a white face...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Birds on 10 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Birders wonder if they contributed to owl’s death

Image: flickr.com/Squeezyboy When Chicago birders flocked to Montrose Beach this week for a glimpse of two strange birds not often seen in these parts, they got something far more: a bloody death scene and a queasy feeling they might be partly to blame. The species -- a burrowing owl and a Brant goose...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Mammals on 10 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Squirrel caused outage that slowed voting in Vero

Image: flickr.com/jhoc A frisky squirrel caused a 1 ½-hour power outage affecting 800 customers including the Indian River County Library and Courthouse on Thursday morning, city power officials said. The outage slowed - but didn't stop - early voting at the library. During the outage, early voting...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Dogs, Mammals, Pets, Science & Tech on 10 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Tiny dog finds her way home after three years

Image: flickr.com/tanakawho Miss Pattiya, a six-pound Maltese dog, has safely returned home after being on the lam for three years. No one can fathom how she survived, and of course, the 12-year-old Miss Pattiya isn't talking. The only certainty is what brought her back -- a tiny microchip implanted...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Culture, Sport, Underwater on 10 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Otto the octopus wreaks havoc

A octopus has caused havoc in his aquarium by performing juggling tricks using his fellow occupants, smashing rocks against the glass and turning off the power by shortcircuiting a lamp. Staff believe that the octopus called Otto had been annoyed by the bright light shining into his aquarium...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Farm & Ranch, Mammals on 10 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Cow herding begins in beauty spot

Images: flickr.com/Marcy Reiford The tradition of cowherding has been revived in the UK according to the National Trust, with the appointment of a cowgirl on heathland in Dorset. Lisa Hawthornthwaite will herd grazing Red Devon cattle on Studland Heath to stop it becoming overgrown with trees. An increasing...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Cats, Mammals, Pets, Science & Tech, Veterinary Medicine on 10 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Cat OK after being shot in head with a crossbow

A cat shot in the head with a crossbow arrow at a trailer park on Friday survived and returned home with only minor injuries. The arrow was removed from Stewie's head after the cat was brought to the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. Molly Fee, an intern at the school, said the arrow...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Extinct Species, Science & Tech, Underwater on 10 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Eight-Armed Animal Preceded Dinosaurs

An eight-armed creature that looked more like a modern party favor than a living animal colonized a large section of the world's oceans over 300 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged, suggests a new study. The findings represent the first comparable animal fossils from the Ediacaran Period,...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Cats, Conservation, Endangered Species, Mammals on 10 30th, 2008 | No Comments

World’s Rarest Big Cat Gets A Check-up

The world's rarest big cat is alive and well. At least one of them, that is, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) who captured and released a female Far Eastern leopard in Russia last week. The capture was made in Primorsky Krai along the Russian-Chinese border by a...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Creepy Crawlies, Evolution on 10 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Vampire Moth Discovered — Evolution at Work

A previously unknown population of vampire moths has been found in Siberia. And in a twist worthy of a Halloween horror movie, entomologists say the bloodsuckers may have evolved from a purely fruit-eating species. Only slight variations in wing patterns distinguish the Russian population from a widely...
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