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The World’s Most Famous Gay Animals
Watch out Barbie and Ken, Marge and Homer and all you Disney princesses! There’s now Wendell and Cass, Roy and Silo and many others giving competition to heterosexual coupledom. One look at the animal world is enough to prove that being gay, bi or a gender bender is no big deal. It's just that a few straight-laced humans get their knickers all in a twist when thinking of the many famous gay animal couples…
Continue reading...The Great Sardine Run and the Largest Gathering of Predators on Earth
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Some animal events are so epic that they jolt us from our fallacious seat at the centre of the universe. When shoals of sardines materialise containing billions of individual fish, we’re in the realm of an ocean megalopolis – except one that travels as a single biomass fifteen miles long, visible from space. This is the sublime and scarcely comprehensible story of the great sardine run, which also represents the largest gathering of predators on the planet.
Continue reading...Mutilated Dolphins Wash Up on UK Beaches
Monday, March 24, 2008
Conservationists are in a panic over the increasingly large numbers of mutilated sea mammals appearing on British shores. Image by Kiwi Sonja 28 dolphins and porpoises have been found dead on southwest England’s beaches since the new year, compared to 80 during all of 2007. Conservationists
Continue reading...Dolphin Rescues Stranded Whales
Friday, March 14, 2008
Know how dolphins are supposed to be smarter than us? One of them showed it Wednesday. Moko, a bottlenose who normally spends her time playing, bailed out two pygmy sperm whales that humans were struggling to help.The whales, a mother and calf, were stranded on
Continue reading...Baby Dolphins Disappearing from Mekong River
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
After allowing hope to rise in recent times, wildlife experts are once again fearing for the survival of the Mekong dolphin after a severe decline in birth rates. A rare Mekong dolphin. Image from Kratie Province government. The Irrawaddy dolphin is one of the world’s most endangered species, [...]
Continue reading...Dolphins Become Vicious Murderers
Friday, January 25, 2008
Dolphins have long been one of mankind’s favourite animals, winning our hearts with their smiling faces and playful tricks in the water. A dolphin kills a harbour porpoise in Scotland. Image by Peter Asprey But it appears that beneath the friendly exterior of a dolphin beats the heart [...]
Continue reading...Dolphins Use Weeds to Get Girls
Thursday, December 6, 2007
If you’re a man, you’ve more than likely had to purchase your fair share of expensive or flashy gifts for your partner over the years. Wine, roses, chocolate; all of these gifts help impress our better halves. I for one am partial to
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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