Archive for the 'All About Animals' Category

15.03.07 Pig adopts tiger cubs
Filed: All About Animals, Funny, Strange
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I found this quirky news bit on Ananova. I tried to look for other sources but I couldn’t find one. Here is the complete article with the photos.

Three abandoned tiger cubs are being nursed by a pig at a zoo in China.

The three Begal tigers reportedly enjoy their playtime with their piglet foster brothers […]

13.03.07 Ant infestation tests Buddhist monks
Filed: All About Animals, Health and Hygiene, Human Interest, Society and Culture
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Buddhist monks in Malaysia, are enduring the sting of red ants because they can’t kill these ants due to their belief in non-violence. Buddhist monks they are not allowed to kill any living thing. The ants have stung the monks and devotees but the monks cannot lift a finger. They can only hope that the […]

10.03.07 A website for consenting adult sheep?
Filed: All About Animals, Society and Culture, Funny
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I was surfing for stuff when I found this link. It is similar to the famous Adult Friend Finder site, the place where consenting adults meet, kinda like a dating site. But the site I found is more than that. The Adult Sheep Finder The world’s #1 sheep sex and dating personals site

Why […]

7.03.07 “Dangerous” Poodle Avoids Death Sentence
Filed: All About Animals, Dogs, Crime and Punishment
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A poodle has avoided a death sentence after being labeled a “dangerous dog.” The dog bit several people after being adopted last month. Animal control officials of Martin county FL had planned on making the 10-pound dog “sleep” but decided on releasing him to Dogs and Cats Forever in Port St. Lucie, where he had […]

27.02.07 Dating website for animal lovers
Filed: All About Animals, Human Interest, Society and Culture, Dogs, Cool, World Wide Web, Pigs
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Having problems meeting your match because of your pet dog? Want to meet someone who enjoys taking care of pigs as much as you do? Dier-en-Mens will help you hook up with a potential partner who loves animals, just like you.
Dier-en-Mens claims to be the fastest growing dating website. Unlike the usual dating websites […]

25.02.07 Airline loses Faith, finds Faith again
Filed: All About Animals, Society and Culture, Dogs
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American Airlines lost Faith, then finds Faith again!
Faith, the famous two-legged dog, was lost but was back with her owner after a few hours. She and her owner, Jude Stringfellow, were on their way to Oklahoma City from Orlando, with a stop over in Dallas. They had a problem with their flight from Dallas to […]

24.02.07 New Zealand fishermen catch colossal squid
Filed: All About Animals, Strange
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A fishing crew from New Zealand has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said. The squid, weighing an estimated 990 lbs and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton […]

13.01.07 Pigs burn down house; more pigs than humans
Filed: All About Animals, Society and Culture, Funny, Strange, Pigs
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More pig news. February 2007 will usher in the Year of the Fire Pig so expect more pig news.
Three pigs trigger fire in rural Serbia
A farmer’s home in Serbia burned down because three pigs that broke out of their pen ran around the living room and knocked over the TV, causing the tube to […]

9.01.07 Humans in a zoo?
Filed: All About Animals, Human Interest, Society and Culture, Strange
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A zoo in Adelaide has put a group of humans on display to raise awareness on the primate conservation, how humans are related to the primates, and to raise funds for the largest chimpanzee exhibit at Monarto Zoological Park in South Australia.
The application process ended Dec. 4, 2006. The application process was more like an […]

8.01.07 Hogzilla is alive but now dead
Filed: All About Animals, Strange, Cool
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While some people say hogzilla is an urband legend, others say it’s a hoax. No one could prove its existence until now. An avid hunter from Southern Georgia was able to prove that “hogzilla” lives by killing it.
The hog weighing 1,100 pounds was shot and killed in a Fayette county. People there say this boar […]