Tag Archive | "dogs"

Animals Blowing Bubbles Underwater

Monday, September 14, 2009

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Animals Blowing Bubbles Underwater

Blowing bubbles is something the big kid in all of us can appreciate – jokes in bad taste about Michael Jackson and his chimpanzees notwithstanding – but did you know that animals too are partial to making and playing around with bubbles? Some species just do it for fun, for others it is a matter of survival, and certain domesticated species even have bubbles specially mixed for their predilection.

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When Dogs Replace Dialysis Machines [pics]

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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  Among the most interesting of the Royal College of Art’s ‘Summer Show’ projects was Revital Cohen’s surprising  new take on the ‘man-machine’ aesthetic that is every sci-fi enthusiast’s wet dream: man and animal. But why on earth would you want to use dogs for medical devices?

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The Iditarod Is Brutal to Dogs

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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A few days ago we wrote an article about how global warming was affecting the annual Iditarod dog sled race. A musher stays in his sled while his dogs drag an unconscious or dead sled dog One of our readers left a very detailed and interesting response to the [...]

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The Trouble With Dogs

Friday, December 14, 2007

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A few days ago I was peering through the trees from the balcony of our remote house in the north of Thailand. I was perplexed to spot a lone motorcyclist parked in the middle of the road in what can only be described as getaway

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