Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Friday, June 15, 2007

Giant Frogs Invade the U.S.

No joke, it's true! Discovery Channel reports:
Giant Frogs Raid Toilets, Power Lines

They're giant Cuban tree frogs, they're toxic, they have big appetites, and they're an invasive exotic species. Despite their name, there's no evidence that their presence here is due to a Castro plot. They came here from the Caribbean pet trade, and then made a break for it or were turned loose by irresponsible pet owners.

Here are some great pix and a detailed article, courtesy of the University of Florida Wildlife Extension. They come in many different colors; too bad they're so darned cute!

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Are you a blogger and a twitterer?

The folks at twitterfeed.com are providing an automated service that captures your blog's Atom or RSS output at regular intervals and posts up to 140 characters of each blog post to Twitter. You can post under your existing Twitter ID, or set up a new one for the blog. It's free and in beta test status at this time.

For a ridiculous example of how this can work, see I Can Has Cheezburger, which is the twitterfeed-powered version of the infamous "LOL" bad-grammar cats macro-meme explosion that has been amusing (or irritating) everyone all over the "intertubes."

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Astro the Sea Lion needs a home

Astro, an orphaned Steller's sea lion, was bottle-fed and became too accustomed to humans. So much so, in fact, that Astro joined an elementary-school walkathon and completed an entire lap. It's no use taking Astro back out to sea - he keeps returning because he gets lonely for human companionship.

Here's a video.

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Monday, April 23, 2007

Humor: A blog with funny cat and kitten photos

Rippin' Kitten is another Blogger blog. As the name implies, this one is all about cats.

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