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Denver Zoo Welcomes Its First Baby Orangutan In 25 Years
by Ezquara
Posted July 29th, 2010 at 12:56 pm

The Denver Zoo welcomed its first baby orangutan in a quarter century on June 19. However, the little one's first few weeks have been anything but smooth sailing. Just 11 days after birth, Hesty had to be placed in an incubator by the zoo's primate care team. The baby hadn't been nursing, according to the Denver Zoo, and even though the staff had been doing all they could to get Hesty nursing on her own, they found her nearly unresponsive and severely dehydrated on July 1. At that point, ...

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Kelly Osbourne And Her Cuddle Buddy
by Taanuu
Posted July 29th, 2010 at 9:36 am

When you're in Kelly Osbourne's current shoes, it's nice to have a cuddle buddy. After splitting with her fiancé and losing her dog Woody all in one week, she's had a tough few days. (more...)...

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Vicar Gives Holy Communion To Dog
by Ezquara
Posted July 29th, 2010 at 12:06 am

An Anglican church in Canada has become the focus of controversy after a vicar gave Holy Communion to a dog. The priest gave the Host – considered by Christians to represent the body of Jesus Christ – to an Alsatian cross called Trapper.St Peter's Anglican Church in Toronto has since been deluged complaints from Christians all over Canada. Donald Keith, the dog's owner, said he had taken his pet to the church because he had been told animals were welcome. He said that because he was n...

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Dialysis Saves Dottie The Dolphin’s Life
by Ezquara
Posted July 29th, 2010 at 12:03 am

Most guests who visit SeaWorld San Diego don't know what happened to Dottie the dolphin just six months ago.They see the 23-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin swimming along a pool, splashing passers-by and jumping through the air. They watch her feed on fish and look out for her 2-year-old son, Cortez. She's fin-to-fin spunky. She runs the show. But six months ago, she almost died.In January, trainers at the theme park noticed Dottie had stopped eating. Through blood samples, they disc...

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Gas Poisoning Caused Death Of Panda In East China Zoo
by Ezquara
Posted July 29th, 2010 at 12:01 am

A panda that died suddenly last Thursday night was killed by gas poisoning in a zoo in Jinan City of east China’s Shandong Province, zoo management said Monday.Initial investigations showed that the panda died after inhaling gas disinfectant from a nearby former air-raid shelter. The gas was composed of chlorine, chlorine hydride and carbon monoxide, said Liu Jungang, deputy Party secretary of Jinan Zoo. Workers were disinfecting the air-raid shelter when the gas leaked to the zoo’s p...

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Delhi Zoo Exploring For Building Dolphinarium
by Wish
Posted July 28th, 2010 at 12:06 am

Notwithstanding opposition by wildlife enthusiasts to keeping dolphins in captivity, the Delhi Zoo is exploring the feasibility of building a dolphinarium as envisaged by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. The dolphin exhibit or dolphinarium will be the part of the yet to be prepared master plan of the Delhi Zoo which would also include a multi-species immersion exhibit with elevated board walk, interpretation centre, food court, open air theatre and souvenir shop. While majority of zoo...

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Yoga Meditation Music ‘Helps Cats Relax’
by Ezquara
Posted July 28th, 2010 at 12:03 am

Cats relax better if played yoga meditation music, according to new research. A study shows that when they are unwell, cats became less stressed when they listen to relaxing music.Student veterinary nurse Sian Barr carried out the research on cats being treated at a vet's surgery. She found that those who were played yoga meditation music and Om Shanti tunes calmed down and began to breathe more slowly while in cages at the practice in Powys, Wales. Miss Barr, who has just graduated from ...

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Antarctic Octopuses Found With Cold-Resistant Venom
by Ezquara
Posted July 28th, 2010 at 12:02 am

Researchers have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures.They hope to analyze the venom to see if it has medical uses, said one of the researchers, Bryan Fry, of the University of Melbourne. Their discovery, during a six-week expedition to Antarctica in 2007, was published in the journal Toxicon.Experts have long known there were octopuses in Antarctica, but what surprised Fry and his colleagues was the sheer biodiversity and how na...

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World’s First Ice Cream Truck For Dogs
by Wish
Posted July 27th, 2010 at 7:08 am

We already know pooches love ice cream, but if the freezer is bare, what's a hungry dog to do? Well in England, he just needs to listen for the sound — the Scooby Doo theme song, that is — of K99, billed as the world's first ice cream truck for dogs. Debuting this Sunday at the Boomerang Pets Party in Regents Park, London, K99 serves up two dog-friendly flavors: Dog Eat Hog World (pork and chicken sorbet topped with a biscuit) and Canine Cookie Crunch (mixed dog biscuits and ice cream...

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Forty-Ton Whale Lands On Yacht
by Ezquara
Posted July 27th, 2010 at 3:56 am

A couple who took a yacht for a quiet sailing trip were stunned when a 40-ton whale crash-landed on their boat off Cape Town. The pair were enjoying calm seas off the South African coast when the animal flipped into the air and smashed into their mast.Ralph Mothes, 59, and Paloma Werner, 50, were helpless as the beast thrashed around on their 33ft vessel before slipping back into the water. Miss Werner said: "It really was quite incredible but very scary. The whale was about the same size as...

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Beer To Be Sold In Dead Animals
by Ezquara
Posted July 27th, 2010 at 12:03 am

A £500 a bottle super-strong ale is to be sold inside the bodies of dead animals. The stunt has been condemned by animal rights groups as "cheap marketing tactics".Twelve bottles of The End Of History ale have been made and placed inside seven dead stoats, four squirrels and one hare. And at 55 per cent volume, its makers claim it is the world's strongest beer. A taxidermist in Doncaster worked on the animals, which were not killed for bottling the new drink, with some having been killed...

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Soccer Oracle Octopus Paul Honored By Spanish Town
by Ezquara
Posted July 26th, 2010 at 3:25 pm

Psychic octopus Paul — still basking in the glory of his perfect World Cup predictions — is heading off to a new job as a fundraiser for sea turtles.The eight-legged oracle was declared an "honorary friend" of a Spanish town in a ceremony at his German aquarium Thursday and presented with gifts including a bronze statuette modeled on his own likeness.Paul correctly predicted the outcome of all seven of Germany's games plus Spain's victory over the Netherlands in the final. That turned ...

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