Friday, July 25, 2014

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Midsummer Bad Animal Roundup



Slate tells the truth about those hamsters in the cute viral videos: They don't eat burritos, they eat each other.

Researchers discover that chimps follow stupid fashion trends

Wired talks to a guy who dissected drunken birds 

And we can't pass up yet another cat burglar:
The Palmers have had Sienna for years, and when the feline was younger, she would bring home gifts: birds, rats, mice and moles, for instance. - See more at: http://www.burnabynow.com/news/burnaby-cat-burglar-stealing-gloves-1.1125900#sthash.OCrwYAX5.dpuf
The Palmers have had Sienna for years, and when the feline was younger, she would bring home gifts: birds, rats, mice and moles, for instance. - See more at: http://www.burnabynow.com/news/burnaby-cat-burglar-stealing-gloves-1.1125900#sthash.OCrwYAX5.dpuf
The Palmers have had Sienna for years, and when the feline was younger, she would bring home gifts: birds, rats, mice and moles, for instance.  
But Sienna is aging and has put on a few pounds, so Palmer suspects the gloves are easy "prey" for the calico.
"Seriously, I think because she's too fat now and can't catch anything, she's picked up this glove thing," Palmer says, laughing. "I'm just so happy it's not mice and birds anymore. ... I would hate it when she brought them home."
Less happy is the original owner of the stash of fifty gloves:
"It was a pretty expensive selection of gloves," she said. - See more at: http://www.burnabynow.com/news/burnaby-resident-wants-gloves-back-from-cat-burglar-1.1129034#sthash.66IG5zl9.dpuf
"It was a pretty expensive selection of gloves," she said. - See more at: http://www.burnabynow.com/news/burnaby-resident-wants-gloves-back-from-cat-burglar-1.1129034#sthash.66IG5zl9.dpuf
"It was a pretty expensive selection of gloves," she said.