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on this post - (2) Posts Kobe Bryant’s popularity extends even to the animal kingdom. From a database of more than 465,000 pet insured animals including dogs, cats, birds, and exotic domesticated animals, 359 are named “Kobe,” making it the 189th most popular name of 65,536 pet names across the nation. (more…)
For Halloween one needs a creative tool to dress up Fluffy and Buddy. Here it is! Dressup games. My cute pet dressup.
“Even our dogs and cats have learned that elections matter.” vice president Al Gore Click on a dog to buy a vote for Bark Obama or McCanine. (more…)
CHICAGO — More than 1,000 phony registrations were submitted, Lake County official says. (more…)
Court Reverses Bush Decision to Strip Protection From Wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. (more…)
Send Comments to Secretary Kempthorne. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced devastating changes to the Endangered Species Act, signaling the end of protection for thousands of imperiled species. (more…)
TOKYO — Dolphins at a Japanese marine park are going on a low-fat diet after developing potbellies and failing to look sharp in their aquatic performances. (more…)
SLAMORADA, Fla. — A dog is recovering after a Florida Keys carpenter dove in to save his pet from a shark. (more…)
MEXICO — A five-ton elephant was killed by a bus after it escaped from a circus in Mexico, and wandered onto a busy highway. (more…)
Editor’s note: Robbay does it again! Not talking about another cartoon. Another telepathy thing. We just booked tickets to Miami for 1/08. It is getting cold here!
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This post celebrates World Animal Day and Bless the Animals. Follow the links to learn more about PM’s initiative which started on October 4.
Nyctanassa violacea
Free Performance
Our resident Yellow Crowned Night Heron
perched on the pier at dusk and posed patiently
while I memorized her theatrical black mask.
After a time, she turned full circle, fluttered
an operatic fan of dark spiky wings,
opened a long pointy beak,
spat something that bounced hard
–a brown ruby, perhaps—
and flew off to another engagement,
charging absolutely nothing for the show.
Poem by Lucia Blinn
Phylum:Chordata Class:Aves Order:Ciconiiformes Family:Ardeidae Genus:Nyctanassa Source by New Hampshire Public Television/NatureWorks
Editor’s note: wonderful timing on this from our brilliant contributor Robbay. When I saw the cartoon I told him the pros and cons of this TV writer’s strike thing and what it is doing to me. Thanks Robbay!
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Holiday shopping. Here come the animal products!
This post celebrates World Animal Day and Bless the Animals. Follow the links to learn more about PM’s initiative which started on October 4.
Tipi designed by Eero Aarnio, 2002
Nearly 30 years after the pony a new animal pops up in Eero’s mind. “…a seat does not necessarily have to be a chair.”
Seen at unicaHome
Holiday shopping. Here come the animal products!
Perch bird feeder
Check out this porcelain feeder. Designed by Amy Adams. Bonus: It’s dishwasher-safe. 7″ in diameter.
Seen: Velocity Art and Design
Fifth wheel birdhouse
Feeling a little more rustic? Featuring a door that opens and even locks, a trailer hitch and a window for visitors to arrive and depart.
Seen at Uncommon Goods
Holiday shopping. Here come the animal products!
If you are looking for something a little different for your friendly birdies, here is a resource list.
The structures—of laminated wood, plastic, clay, and even stainless steel range in size from a six-inch creation to a 2-foot birdhouse. The eclectic mix includes Modern Birdhouses’ sleek architect-designed homes made with oil-finished teak, stainless steel screws, and sandblasted aluminum roofs.
Birdhouse artist/designer/manufacturer
Erich Ginder
Fancy Jewels
Shed Built
Modern Birdhouses
Toisenn Hauser
re4a
Bom Design
Tom Dukich
Damia O’Sullivan
Bok Products
Holiday shopping. Here come the animal products!
Birds love eggs and so will you. Handcrafted ceramic earthenware Egg Bird Feeders/houses attract many types of wild birds and are available in eleven colors that is perfect for the extremes of outdoor weather.
Seen at jshatz.com
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Caw to art! is an effort to showcase pets and animals in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.
Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 11/21/07 thru Friday
Movie Cat submits Gone with the cat
Danogo submits Webkinz
Herbert Murrie submits “If dogs run free than why not me?”
Nocturnal Intellect submits Different side of view — A dog’s tale.
Brushstrokes, etc. submits Mouse and moonlight
Pet Monologues finds lafabe.com “Improvisation à la pluie noire”
Gone with the cat
If dogs run free than why not me?
Mouse and moonlight
Improvisation à la pluie noire
Still steeping…
…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details…
and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday next hosted by Wonkitties this 11/25.
A turkey is either one of two species of large birds in the genus Meleagris native to North America. Turkeys are classed in the order Galliformes. Formerly they were considered a distinct family, Meleagrididae, but more recently were reclassified as a subfamily (Meleagridinae) of the pheasants and their allies. The two species are the North American Wild Turkey (M. gallopavo) and the Central American Ocellated Turkey (M. ocellata).
Meleagridinae, species not sure, anyone know?
Turkeys have a distinctive fleshy carbuncle that hangs from the beak, called a snood. As with many galliform species, the female is smaller than the male, and much less colorful. With wingspans of 1.5–1.8 meters (almost 6 feet), the turkeys are by far the largest birds in the open forests in which they live, and are rarely mistaken for any other species. The usual lifespan for a turkey is 10 years.
When Europeans first encountered turkeys in the Americas, they incorrectly identified the birds as a type of guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), also known as a turkey-cock from its importation to Central Europe through Turkey, and the name of that country stuck as the name of the bird. The confusion is also reflected in the scientific name: meleagris is Greek for guinea-fowl. Read the rest of this entry »
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