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Baby elephant Samudra 'energized herd' at Zoo in first year - and snow - KVAL


The Oregon Zoo's elephant program enjoyed a remarkable year in 2008, with Rose-Tu successfully giving birth to Samudra and local voters passing a $125 million zoo bond measure, of which $30 million will go toward expanding the current elephant ...


9 Jan 2009

Looking Back at the Bronx Zoo's "Human Exhibit" - Gothamist.com


Sure, the Bronx Zoo may be filled with cute and cuddly animals now, but in September 1906 there was a questionable inhabitant amongst them. Ephemeral NY looks back at the "Congolese pygmy named Ota Benga—who had been living in the Museum of Natural ...


7 Jan 2009

Results tagged “Ota Benga” - Gothamist.com


Sure, the Bronx Zoo may be filled with cute and cuddly animals now, but in September 1906 there was a questionable inhabitant amongst them. Ephemeral NY looks back at the "Congolese pygmy named Ota Benga—who had been living in the Museum of Natural ...


7 Jan 2009

Sherri Shepherd Awoken At 1:30 AM By An Insistent Jeremy Piven - Defamer.com


Last night, Jeremy Piven sent a very late text message to Sherri Shepherd—and for once, it didn't say "Come to my room - whoever responds first gets me for the night." Shepherd got the ball rolling yesterday when she recounted on The View her ...


6 Jan 2009

Lawmaker seeks to curtail hunters' use of lead bullets - ESPN.com


A Minnesota lawmaker says she will introduce legislation to restrict the use of lead ammunition. Recent studies found lead bullet fragments in venison, and a number of eagles have died from lead poisoning. Some hunters are voluntarily giving up lead ...


5 Jan 2009

She protects recession's furry, four-footed victims - Orlando Sentinel


As the director of Lake County Animal Services, Marjorie Boyd has seen all sorts of animals pass through the county shelter: cats found wandering along the side of the road, pit bulls suspected of being used in dogfights, even a pair of pygmy goats ...


4 Jan 2009

James Lawton: Pietersen's fall from grace offers England a shot at Ashes redemption (Independent)


YAHOO - James Lawton: PietersenIt seems we were wrong to assume that the Aussies were overjoyed at news that English cricket was again falling apart. Apparently they were rather hoping it might happen a little later in the year, specifically at that traditional time of smack in the middle of an Ashes series.


9 Jan 2009

Baby elephant Samudra 'energized herd' at Zoo in first year - and snow (KVAL Eugene)


YAHOO - Baby elephant Samudra The Oregon Zoo's elephant program enjoyed a remarkable year in 2008, with Rose-Tu successfully giving birth to Samudra and local voters passing a $125 million zoo bond measure.


9 Jan 2009

Smiths open Cottonwood Lodge (Pincher Creek Echo)


YAHOO - Smiths open Cottonwood Lodge (Pincher Creek Echo)The Cottonwood Lodge Bed and Breakfast is open for business.


8 Jan 2009

Cutthroat trout on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Part 1 (Char-Koosta News)


YAHOO - Cutthroat trout on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Part 1 (Char-Koosta News)The westslope cutthroat trout is one of at least 10 subspecies of cutthroat trout, and a century ago it was the most widely distributed and abundant of them all, native to parts of Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.


8 Jan 2009

ZBA denies special exception for farm animals (The Record-Journal)


YAHOO - ZBA denies special exception for farm animals (The Record-Journal)MERIDEN - A Blackstone Ridge resident will have to get rid of his chickens, sheep and miniature cows after the Zoning Board of Appeals denied the special exception he needed to keep the animals.


7 Jan 2009

Background Note: Burundi (Scoop.co.nz)


YAHOO - Background Note: Burundi (Scoop.co.nz)Geography Location: Central Africa. Bordering nations --Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda. Area: 27,830 sq. km. (10,747 sq. mi.); about the size of Maryland.


7 Jan 2009

Discover Pygmy owls at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument ...


Pygmy owls, Sonoran Pronghorns, coyotes and more are waiting for you to visit at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Ajo, Arizona. Not only are these wild animals available for you to see but so are there birds of every color and ...


9 Jan 2009

Daniel´s birdblog: Pygmy close-up


Pygmy close-up. As we stop by lake Fläcksjön to hang up some new birdfood, a Pygmy Owl turns up in a birch just in front of us. To our surprise it remains seated for a while, enough to get a few pictures. Cute little bugger! ...


9 Jan 2009

Pygmy Rattlesnake on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Pygmy Rattlesnake. ... Boy, somebody goofed that sign up! Pygmy Rattlesnakes are the smallest U.S. rattlesnake. The snake in the cage is an Eastern Diamondback, the largest U.S. rattlesnake, lol. Posted 7 days ago. ( permalink ) ...


9 Jan 2009

JCM NATURAL HISTORY LOG » Blog Archive » New Pygmy Sea Horses from ...


An increasing number of diminutive seahorse species or pygmy seahorses, have been described from Australasia and Asia including: Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley 1970 (redescribed by Gomon, 1997), H. minotaur Gomon 1997, H. denise Lourie ...


7 Jan 2009

Pygmy Marmosets And 14 Other Tiny, Adorable Animals


Pygmy Marmosets And 14 Other Tiny, Adorable Animals - The Huffington Post.


5 Jan 2009

Hawai'i's pygmy killer whales stay nearby | HonoluluAdvertiser.com ...


A new study of pygmy killer whales — one of the least-understood marine mammal species — finds that those living off Hawai'i tend to stay close to the islands rather than swim out to the open ocean.


2 Jan 2009