This inventive and talented manufacturer from Taiwan who has an active channel on YouTube, Huang Xiaoije, decided to make a goldfish stroller in his workshop. It is technically quite advanced with a clever lighting system so that his exotic goldfish glow in their bubbly and watery environment as he strolls down the neon-lit shopping centres …
Goldfish stroller – Taiwanese man takes his goldfish for a stroll Read More »
Animal advocates will be delighted to hear that Enfield County Council are going to reintroduce the beaver to their London borough as part of their aim to challenge climate change and bolster ecosystems. Beavers were present in London no less than 400 years ago so this is a huge milestone in wildlife regeneration and conservation. …
Today, a male and female beaver are being reintroduced into London, UK Read More »
This is a good picture which caught my eye of a police officer in Budapest, Hungary, “arresting” a lonely penguin who was minding his own business marching down the centre of a main highway having escaped from his prison, namely Budapest Zoo. It tickles me a little bit because zoos are prisons in a way …
Penguin from Budapest Zoo “arrested” on main road at night Read More »
If the contract is to buy the entire contents of a clam, then the customer is the owner of a pearl inside the clam.
NEWS AND COMMENT- PALU CITY, CENTRAL SULAWESI, INDONESIA: An Indonesian bird catcher/seller has said: “I hate seeing animals trapped and suffering”. He was being praised and lauded by others because he had freed, with the help of others, a tyre from around the neck of a crocodile. The croc had been stuck in the tyre …
Hypocritical bird catcher/seller frees croc stuck in a tyre for 6 years Read More »
NEWS AND COMMENT – ICELAND: The Times has reported that Iceland has announced it will stop hunting whales by 2024 because of a decline in demand for whale meat. The fisheries minister, Svandís Svavarsdóttir said: “There is little proof that there is any economic advantage to this activity.” The country’s annual quota for 2019-23 allows …
Whaling to end in Iceland after drop in demand for its meat Read More »
This is a cute viral animal video on Twitter. It’s been converted to a .gif on the imgur.com website. It’s done the rounds on the Internet and so a lot of people have seen it. You might have seen it. The sea otter has been trained by its handler to have their temperature taken in …
Viral video of sea otter’s temperature being taken courts controversy Read More »
Fish have learned to navigate a vehicle on land in exchange for a reward. The video I think explains the test and the study nicely. I will add some words. The scientists involved in this study have proved that fish can steer a ‘fish operated vehicle’ by training them in a small tank on wheels. …
Capturing everything on the camera has become almost a way of life in the modern world. If you can do it you’ve got to photograph it and it doesn’t matter whether you are taking a selfie of yourself and of tiger in the background or a tiger cub which you are allowed to handle at …
Cute selfie culture is bad for conservation of seals Read More »
The UN declared the mouth of the leatherback turtle the most terrifying thing in the world. I’m not sure about that. I can think of more terrifying things but it is pretty horrible and it does attract one’s attention. Perhaps you had the same thought when you first saw pictures of the interior mouth of …
Picture of the interior of the mouth of the leatherback turtle Read More »
NEWS AND COMMENT-SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS: A British expat, Graham Spencer, was attacked by a horde of 20 otters and bitten 26 times on his buttocks, ankles and legs after they rampaged over him while he was visiting the Singapore Botanic Gardens. He feared for his life. He felt that he was saved by a friend …
Otters protective of their young inadvertently provoked to attack a tourist Read More »
NEWS AND COMMENT: Ayukawa in north-eastern Japan have a long history in the whale meat industry. They are linked to whaling and they are proud of it. For 30 years they weren’t allowed to whale commercially. This is because of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) ban except for a loophole which allowed the Japanese to …
Japanese are losing their appetite for whale meat thank God Read More »
The albatross is known for its high fidelity in relation to their “marriages”. They stick around. They don’t give up like humans. But things are changing because of climate change. Breeding pairs of albatrosses are capable of bonding for decades. However, a study has demonstrated that the rate of albatross divorce rises significantly after breeding …
Albatrosses divorcing more often because of climate change Read More »
It’s been found that discarded tires lying on the seabed are death traps for hermit crabs. They climb into the tyres but can’t get out because the walls are concave. It’s as simple as that. I suppose they climb into them for protection but it becomes a cage which they can’t get out of. Hirosaki …
Hermit crabs climb into discarded tires but can’t get out and die of starvation Read More »
This is a bit of fun and it is about the animal-human relationship in a strict sense! I just like the expression on Vincent Price’s face. It makes a good screenshot image which hopefully catches the eye on the Internet. The repeating .gif video is tucked away on the imgur.com website. No doubt it’s been …
