TikTok is becoming known for videos of both Chinese men and women preparing and eating the kind of colourful food that they like. It is a trend and a popular one. I think that the citizens of the West find these videos fascinating. The kind …
NEWS AND VIEWS-LIVERPOOL, UK: On September 10, 2022, a dog deemed to have been dangerously out of control bit a postman delivering to residents of a cul-de-sac called Ash Vale in Liverpool, UK. As a consequence, Royal Mail have stopped delivering to the entire cul-de-sac …
Note the astonishing headline and the interesting fact that domestic dogs weigh 20 times more than pet cats. Ants do well too! Livestock kept by humans and mammals that would not exist but for livestock such as rats have a combined weight of 630 million …
NEWS AND OPINION: This is a story which is almost from a parallel universe. The story of a sport hunter living in Putnam County who has been named as Mike Konschak. At the moment these are allegations. It is alleged that Mike Konschak shot the …
Humpback, minke and some baleen whales engage in trap feeding otherwise known as tread-water feeding. Fables recorded in ancient tales of sea monsters are likely to be based upon this feeding technique. More than 2,200 years ago, Greek scholars described how an enormous predator, so …
It is believed that the reason why hillwalker, Kyle Sambrook, fell to his death when falling 30 meters (100 feet) while walking in Glencoe Gorge, was partly because he was carrying his beagle, Bane, in one hand while traversing a steep slope. Kyle Sambrook was …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is indirectly about the human-to-animal relationship and it caught my eye. Jeff Koons is a world-renowned artist. Two of his sculptures have set record auction prices for works by a living artist: Balloon Dog (Orange) sold for $58.4 million in 2013 …
Here are some facts about the gradual extinction of the pangolin. It is a gruesome, unhappy story of human excess and superstition. For me, it is an example of complete madness in the human character but perhaps I am alone in that thought. Pangolin scales …
NEWS AND OPINION: Yes, this man’s best friend shot him dead. Of course, it was an accident but what an accident! The ultimate kind of accident. And this has happened before. In this instance, Joseph Smith, 30, was sitting in the front passenger seat of …
