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Trespasser!

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SUSPECT’S FACIAL COMPOSITE Via This Wily Gatecrasher at the White House Is a Red Fox – WSJ.com.

Animals, Cats, Politics

Be The Middle Cat

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In a world of polar opposites, e.g., Left and Right, Republicans and Democrats, etc., there’s gain in taking an independent path. It’s the middle cat that enjoys some meat, while others remain steadfast, but get nothing.

Animals, Health

Why It’s Hard to Swat a Fly

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It’s not easy to swat a fly. Although almost brainless by human standards, recent observations at the University of Washington reveal that flies have “well-developed, rapid-firing sensory motor circuits [useful] in order to register and respond to the visual threat of predators so fast and effectively.” See, Fruit flies show why swatting at flies is…

Animals

A Happy Pup

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Duncan Lou Who is a boxer puppy born with severely deformed hind legs that had to be surgically removed. Although he has a wheeled device to help him walk, in the video below he simply runs happily on his two forelegs, recorded doing so with a GoPro Camera.

Animals, Art, History, Nature

The Imagination at Work

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Long before they saw animals from faraway places, European artists imagined what they might look like, from tales they heard from others. Vincze Miklós writes about the art of the unfamiliar — See, How Europeans Imagined Exotic Animals Centuries Ago, Based on Hearsay.

Animals, Nature

Honey Bee Swarm

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Embedded below is a film about a honey bee swarm. Sometimes bees are a metaphor for human pursuits (e.g., of social cooperation, collectivization, etc.), but that’s not my point here. The film is simply interesting to me as a documentary about animal life. Enjoy.