A Priority for Pandas? Giant pandas might go extinct, but so might many other creatures that are less attractive, but would be cheaper to save. The video below, from MinuteEarth, describes the choices humans might have to make between species. (MinuteEarth is a science and conservation site, and they’ve nothing against pandas, so to speak.…
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Animals, Nature
Ralph Persson from Sweden v. an Unnamed Bear from Sweden
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Sloth on Camera
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Rats (Yes, Rats) Helping Humans
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He Shouldn’t Have Insulted That Monkey
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There’s Only So Much a Chimpanzee Will Tolerate
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Hyalinobatrachium dianae, a Kermit-like Glass Frog
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Looking Carefully Before Crossing the Street
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Friday Poll: Ambulances for People or Pigeons?
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Ambulances for People or Pigeons? In England, a four people called for an ambulance for a sick pigeon. (It’s English slang to refer to women as birds, and so the dispatcher sent the ambulance, assuming the victim was a person, not an animal.) So, were the callers right to call the London Ambulance Service, or…
Animals, Sports
Sled Dog
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Animals, Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: Bobcat v. Shark?
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Animals, Art
The Unchameleon
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Animals, Poll, Weird Tales
Friday Poll: The Stressed-Out Badger
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View image | gettyimages.com The Badger’s Ire In Stockholm’s Radisson Blu Hotel, a ‘stressed-out’ badger held guests at bay for about forty-minutes: A luxury hotel in central Stockholm has come under siege by an ill-tempered badger that refused to allow any guests in or out, forcing police to intervene. “A crazy or stressed-out badger is…