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Orang-utan protects baby from gang

A pregnant orang-utan protectively hugs her baby as a gang of bounty hunters surround the pair, hoping to cash in on a palm plantation's reward to get rid of the animals.

AM I BECOMING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?

Where have all the hamsters gone? You see Syrian hamsters in movies and TV commercials, on greeting cards and calendars. Everywhere but pet stores. Where are they? What's happening? Where have all the hamsters gone? Let's begin with recent events.

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Bird lands on singer's guitar

A spotlight seeking bird has hijacked a bluegrass performance in the US by flying onto the lead singer's guitar mid-song and refusing to budge.Footage of the tiny bird flying onto Josh Williams' guitar strap as he sung 'Mordecai' at the Doyle Lawson Bluegrass Festival in North Ca …

Penguin poo has US senate in hysterics

A small penguin caused hysterics in a US state senate chamber when it defecated in the middle of a senator's speech. Republican senator Katie Stine had brought the sea bird into Kentucky State Senate in Frankfort on Tuesday in honour of the local Newport Aquarium that was being  …

Sidesaddles and suffragettes - the fight to ride and vote | Horsetalk - equestrian feature articles

In an age when many women take their political freedoms for granted, they would do well to recall that for nearly a thousand years their mounted ancestors enjoyed neither political nor equestrian equality.One piece of equipment, the sidesaddle, represented this social, politica …

Rescued dogs get a new leash on life

They might have gotten off to a rocky start, but things improved dramatically yesterday for dogs and puppies rescued recently from a local home. The line outside the animal shelter housing these dogs stretched far out into the parking lot as hopeful adopters waited for the doors …

On Valentine's Day, say it with... cockroaches

Shakespeare asked if he should compare his lover "to a summer's day." A New York zoo suggests cockroaches instead. Ahead of Valentine's Day next month the Bronx Zoo wants New Yorkers to pay $10 for the right to give their sweetheart's name -- or perhaps that of an ex -- to one o …

Arkansas Democrat's cat killed, painted with word "liberal"

A cat belonging to an Arkansas Democratic campaign manager was found dead on Sunday night with the word "Liberal" spray-painted across its side, the campaign manager said.

Snowboarding Crow | Video of the Week, Scientific American Blog Network

This snowboarding crow is not just fun to watch — it’s further evidence that corvids (along with some species of parrots and other social birds) appear to engage in play-like behaviors.

Sisters, only 5 and 3 years old, sell cookies to save animals

Victoria got serious when she enlisted the help of her three-year-old sister and together they began to save all of their money and allowance. Then they started selling cookies outside stores and garage sales

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