Archive | animals RSS for this section

Abominable hair-day

Oxford geneticist claims he has solid evidence that the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman does exist after matching DNA in hair samples collected high in the Himalayas with a giant, prehistoric bear-like animal

Oxford geneticist claims he has solid evidence that the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman does exist after matching DNA in hair samples collected high in the Himalayas with a giant, prehistoric bear

“Jell-ala-bad”

A jellyfish invasion clogged pipes and forced the shut-down of a nuclear reactor in Sweden.  [UN wonders if this could be the solution to the Middle-East and North Korean  nuclear standoff?]

A jellyfish invasion clogged pipes and forced the shut-down of a nuclear reactor in Sweden. [UN wonders if this could be the solution to the Middle-East and North Korean nuclear standoff?]

Scrabble 1812

Canada vs US at Can-Am Scrabble championship

Canada vs US at Can-Am Scrabble championship

NHL Trophy Hunt

NHL player Clayton Stoner posed with the head and paw trophies of a Grizzly bear he shot in BC

Minnesota NHL player Clayton Stoner posed with the head and paw of a Grizzly bear he shot in BC

Emperor Penguin?

The Royal [ice] box: Prince Harry chills out in a giant freezer to prepare for his trek to the South Pole

The Royal [ice] box: Prince Harry chills out in a giant freezer to prepare for his trek to the South Pole

Drunken Boar

"Pig!"   "Cow!" In Australia a pig downs 18 beer and picks a fight with cow before passing out.

“Pig!” “Cow!”
In Australia a pig downs 18 beer and picks a fight with cow before passing out.

Chains of Office

Stubbs the cat, Mayor of Talkeetna Alaska for the past 15 years, survives vicious dog attack.

Stubbs the cat, Mayor of Talkeetna Alaska for the past 15 years, survives vicious dog attack.

Primate Colors

US Laboratory Chimp wins $10,000 grand prize for painting created with his tongue

US Laboratory Chimp wins $10,000 grand prize for painting created with his tongue

Pipeline Hearing participants restricted

"Sorry, you can't go in" Environmental groups mount legal challenge to Canadian Government's legislation limiting participation into the Kinder Morgan Pipeline project.

“Sorry, you can’t go in”
Environmental groups mount legal challenge to Canadian Government’s legislation limiting participation into the Kinder Morgan Pipeline project hearings.

New species of mammal, Olinguito, “discovered”

"But I've always known I was here!"

“But I’ve always known I was here!”