I had to borrow the title of this blog post from one of my favorite Waylon Jennings tunes because I talk to animals, and some people would say that makes me crazy. Crazier yet is when the animals talk back to me… As it is always tremendous fun for me, yesterday’s visit to the zoo […]
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This is a sad post for me to write – a veteran trainer, Dawn Brancheau, was killed yesterday by an Orca whale at Sea World in Orlando, Florida. Reports of the incident have been conflicting, but it seems that the trainer was pulled into the tank when the giant sea mammal grabbed her ponytail. She
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Have you seen the dog who can read on the news lately? The really cool-looking dog named Willow was on the Today show in October; here’s a snippet: So what’s your opinion? Can he really read or is it much ado about nothing (ie, the owner is doing something else to signal the trick)? [poll
It’s always fun to read about friendship that crosses the boundaries between animal species. I received some cute pictures of a cat and her deer friend via an email forward. What’s interesting is that friendships between cats and deer don’t seem to be as uncommon as one would think – I was having trouble getting
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Recently, a friend and fellow tangents blogger wrote a blog post regarding her bucket list – for those who haven’t seen nor heard about the movie of said title, a bucket list is comprised of things you want to do before you die. Her post got me to thinking about my bucket list, and maybe
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I am a fan of many of the wordpress blogs, especially those written by my wonderful friends here on tangents.org. But recently, I came across a previously undiscovered (to me) blog that is right up my alley, and I was surprised to find out that it’s a wordpress blog: designingzoos.com – does that sound like
While I’m on the subject of our visit to the zoo… well, in some ways it wasn’t our best visit, that’s probably why it took me almost a week to get motivated to write about it. A few of us were still recovering from the flu, while others in the family were coming down with
We had a chance to visit the Toledo Zoo the other day and snapped this amusing pic of a meerkat just chillin’. Is this a common pose for a meerkat? I’ve never seen one sitting up like this before last Saturday. Anyone watch Meerkat Manor? Lisa
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Take care of yourself this flu season! Lisa
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During visits to the zoo, most kids will fantasize about which animal they would like to take home and have as a pet. There are many reasons why exotic and wild animals should not be kept as pets, but being an animal lover, I guess I never grew out of the mindset of a kid
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