Animals

Accidents, Animals, Poll

Friday Poll: The Owl-Chaser’s Accident

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/27/2015 • 5 Comments

In Tukwila, Washington, a driver told police that he crashed his car into a utility poll because he was chasing an owl. The driver hadn’t been drinking (and likely neither had the owl). The motorist wasn’t charged with an offense. What do you think of the motorist’s explanation: understandable or insufficient? Car Accident While Chasing…

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Red Pandas at Play in Cincinnati

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/24/2015 • Comments

Animals, Science/Nature

Watch Chimps Speak with Scottish Accents

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/23/2015 • Comments

One might have trouble working out all the implications of British scientists’ findings that chimpanzees adopt the accents of other chimps when in a new environment. ABC News reports that After growing up in the Netherlands, nine chimpanzees who moved to the Edingburgh Zoo in Scotland five years ago are now reportedly sporting Scottish accents,…

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Wrangling Deer From the Sky

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/19/2015 • Comments

To protect migration routes, wildlife biologists at the University of Wyoming are capturing mule deer by helicopter to learn exactly where they go, what they eat and how healthy they are. See, also, Article: For Mule Deer, an Incredible Journey @ NYT.

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Miss P Wins @ Westminster

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/18/2015 • Comments

See, A Regal Beagle Seizes the Spotlight: At Westminster Dog Show, Miss P, a Beagle, Wins Best in Show @ New York Times.

Animals, Poll

Friday Poll: Groundhog’s Bite

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/06/2015 • 7 Comments

Jimmy the Groundhog’s Bite On Monday morning, Sun Prairie’s mayor, Jon Freund, awakened Jimmy the Groundhog to learn that animal’s weather prediction for conditions over the several weeks ahead. Jimmy decided to nip Mayor Freund in the ear: So, was Jimmy justified in taking a bite into someone who disturbed his slumber, or was this…