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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Cats, Culture, Dogs, Featured Articles, Mammals, Pets, Science & Tech on 05 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Sensors and Chips Trained to Serve Pets

Sensors and Chips Trained to Serve Pets
In 2008, American pet owners spent $43 billion on their animals. Walk into any pet store and it is easy to see how — $60 brushes, $200 designer cat scratchers, $450 midcentury dog beds. But the market for pet gadgets has been dismal, in large part because of the abundance of novelty goods that are...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Conservation, Mammals, Science & Tech, Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife on 05 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Kangaroo survives arrow in head

Kangaroo survives arrow in head
photo credit: ~crystalina~ An Australian kangaroo shot through the head with an arrow is expected to make a full recovery, wildlife officers say. The injured kangaroo was found on Thursday in parklands near Melbourne's outer suburb, where it is believed to have survived for up to a week. Melbourne...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Creepy Crawlies, Food, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 05 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Communal Stomach Of An Ant Colony

Communal Stomach Of An Ant Colony
photo credit: Axel Rouvin How do ant colonies manage the nutrients in their food? Audrey Dussutour from the Centre de recherche sur la cognition animale (CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier) and Steve Simpson from Sydney University have shown that an ant colony functions like a “collective mouth and gut”....
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Culture, Farm & Ranch, Mammals, Veterinary Medicine on 05 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Cow Escapes from Slaughterhouse, Moves Back to Farm

Cow Escapes from Slaughterhouse, Moves Back to Farm
photo credit: law_keven [...] On Thursday, the heifer — who evidently escaped from a Queens slaughterhouse on Wednesday before being corralled by police officers — was loaded on a trailer at a Brooklyn animal shelter and transported to her new home: a 60-acre organic farm in Calverton, in Suffolk...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Conservation, Endangered Species, Mammals, Science & Tech, Underwater, Wildlife on 05 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Blue Whales Re-establish Former Migration Patterns

Blue Whales Re-establish Former Migration Patterns
photo credit: Amnemona The planet’s largest animal may be returning to pre-whaling feeding grounds. Scientists have documented the first known migration of blue whales from the coast of California to areas off British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since the end of commercial whaling in 1965. [...]...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Birds, Culture, Music, Pets, Science & Tech, Videos, Wildlife on 05 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

Head-banging parrot proves birds can dance

Head-banging parrot proves birds can dance
photo credit: aussiegall A head-banging parrot who became a YouTube sensation has demonstrated that an ability to appreciate music and keep a rhythm is not unique to humans, scientists say. Snowball the cockatoo, who appears to bop his head, tap his claws and squawk enthusiastically to the Back Street...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Animals & Law, Conservation, Culture, Science & Tech, Sport, Wildlife on 05 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

Robot Animals Snare U.S. Poachers

Robot Animals Snare U.S. Poachers
photo credit: twoblueday On a remote U.S. Forest Service road in Arizona a few years ago, the driver of a white minivan slowly rolls to a stop, sticks a rifle out the window, and starts firing at what look to be wild turkeys. State officers hiding in nearby bushes emerge, running toward the vehicle...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Culture, Horses, Mammals, Science & Tech, Sport, Veterinary Medicine on 05 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

Deaths of Polo Horses Highlight Practices of Disputed Pharmacies

Deaths of Polo Horses Highlight Practices of Disputed Pharmacies
photo credit: Paul Keleher The deaths of 21 polo horses in Florida last month have highlighted the risks associated with compounding pharmacies, a type of pharmacy that produces custom-made drugs widely used by veterinarians to treat not just horses but all types of animals. Long before the polo deaths,...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Cats, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 04 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Secret To Night Vision Found In DNA’s Unconventional ‘Architecture’

Secret To Night Vision Found In DNA’s Unconventional ‘Architecture’
photo credit: Sweet Evie Now I know why my cat never stubs her toe on the way to the kitchen at night, like I do. I'll go ahead and admit that I only vaguely understand this:  "[...] the DNA within the photoreceptor rod cells responsible for low light vision is packaged in a very unconventional way...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animal Shelters, Animals, Cats, Dogs, Featured Articles, Mammals, Pets, Veterinary Medicine on 04 15th, 2009 | 4 Comments

5 Ways to Find Lost Pets Fast and Avoid Losing Them

5 Ways to Find Lost Pets Fast and Avoid Losing Them
photo credit: West Zest Yesterday I found a dog wandering University Blvd, a busy street that runs through the University of Alabama’s campus.  I asked several passers-by if the dog was theirs, but they all said no.  I knew the dog was likely to be picked up by animal control or run over by a car...
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