Lions And Tigers and Bears! Oh My!

In 2001, a lion, tiger and bear cub, kept as status symbol pets by drug barons, were rescued during a raid by police. The cubs, each approximately two months old, were delivered to the Noah's Ark Animal Rescue Center in Locust Grove, Georgia.

Ever since their rescue, the lion, tiger and bear, aptly named Leo, Shere Khan, and Baloo, have been living together as best friends!

Zoo representatives say that the 1,000 pound bear and the 350 pound lion and tiger are totally oblivious to the fact that in any other circumstance they would not be friends.

"Baloo and Shere Khan are very close. That is because they rise early, as Leo being a lion likes to spend most the day sleeping. When Leo wakes up the three of them mess around for most of the day before they settle down to some food."

Check out the amazing pictures and video of the unlikely friends....

All The Cute Baby Animals You Can Handle

I know I've posted about this before, but you should really check out ZooBorns.com. The people over at ZooBorns.com provide a daily update of cute and cuddly newborn animals being born at zoos all over the world. If you've never seen the site, here's a few things you've missed....

Baby Koala at the San Diego Zoo

The Inspiration for Happy Feet at the Edinburgh Zoo

Baby Orangutan at the Perth Zoo

Baby Orangutan at the Singapore Zoo

Baby Gorilla at the Budapest Zoo

Baby White Tiger at the Chilean National Zoo

Baby Gibbon at the Schoenbrunn Zoo

Click on the logo to go check out all of the other cute baby animals....

Animal Instincts

Do you remember all the news stories after the huge earthquake and tsunami in Thailand in 2004, about how very few animals died because they may have a 'sixth sense' or 'animal instinct' that may have been able to sense the ground shaking before humans could, giving them the opportunity to run to higher ground before they were in any danger?

Security cameras in newspaper offices in Arcata, California were rolling before and during the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck just off the coast of Eureka, California on Saturday, January 9, 2010.....

You can clearly see the dog jumping up and bolting to find its owner before the earthquake occurs..... All reports indicate that the dog and it's owner did get out of the building safely....

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just watched the movie 'Food, Inc.', and I'm horrified by the condition and treatment of the animals kept for our consumption.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to demolish the turkey today.... Because it is delicious.....

Anyway, here's the PETA commercial that was banned from the major networks this Thanksgiving....

Animals Named After Celebrities

David Bowie has received an honor that few can claim. The man who brought you "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars", has a spider named after him.

Scientist Peter Jäger, in an effort to bring attention of the rapid rate of extinction of spiders and the destruction of their habitats, has named the Malaysian spider 'heteropoda davidbowie'.


Look at this.... While trying to get more information about the David Bowie spider, I found this! In 2007, scientist Jason Bond from North Carolina found a new spider and named it 'myrmekiaphila neilyoungi', after Neil Young.

Wow! Apparently there's a huge list of animals and insects that have been named after celebrities and musicians.... Here's a link to the list.... List Of Animals Named After Celebrities. Yeah, I know it's a Wikipedia list, but most of the animals are noted in scientific journals and on respected science web sites if you look for them on Google.

The list includes a woolly lemur named after John Cleese (avahi cleesei), a snail named after Boris Becker (bufonaria borisbeckeri), a roach named after Jerry Garcia (cryptocercus garciai), an ant named after Harrison Ford (calponi harrisonfordi), and a jellyfish named after Frank Zappa (phiallela zappai). Also, each of the Ramones have a trilobite named after them!

My favorite is the wasp named after an Elvis' song, the 'Preseucolia imallshookupis'.

If you discovered a species, what would you name it? I would have to go with something historically bad.... Like naming the animal after Kevin Federline or Jon Gosselin.... Ooooooh.... Or something historically good, like naming the animal after Katharine McPhee or Christina Hendricks!

Cute and Cuddly

I don't want to distract the millions of people who read my blog daily, but I have found a blog that shines above most others. The people over a Zooborns.com provide a daily update of cute and cuddly newborn animals being born at zoos all over the world.

Here are a few samples of the things you'll see over at Zooborns.com.

Endangered white-naped mangabey monkey born at the ZSL London Zoo.

A cute baby tamarin born at the Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.

An orphaned sifaka

A baby gorilla born at the San Francisco Zoo.

Go and take a look at them here:

ZooBorns.com

Jon Stewart v. CNBC

I know I'm late to the party, but I've come to realize that even though I've seen funny things on the internet, a lot of other people have not seen them. However, I don't want to become one of those blogs that imitates chain e-mails sent by that person in the office who sends you the one minute and twenty-two second video of the cat singing the Superman theme song, which you don't want to see, but you have to watch the entire video because you're positive that something funny has to happen in the video! Why would they send you the video in the first place!?!?!?!

Jon Stewart, host of the "Daily Show with Jon Stewart", garnered a lot of attention after ripping CNBC apart when Rick Santelli, on-air editor for CNBC, was booked to appear on his show, then backed out a few days before the taping. It's a very funny eight and a half minutes of video, and any explanation I could put into words would not do Jon Stewart justice....

By the way..... Here's the cat singing the Superman theme song.....

Pink Dolphin

A rare albino dolphin has been spotted in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana. The dolphin is reported to be healthy and normal, and is normally seen in a group of four regular colored dolphins (including his mother).

The only thing different from this albino and other regular dolphins, is that it's entirely pink from tip to tail and it has reddish eyes indicating it's albinism.

Spider....AAAAAHHH!

Lindsay Lohan has revealed in an interview that she wants to win an Oscar by the time she is 30. I was hoping that she would be nominated for a Best Actress Award for her role in "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen". Sadly, my prayers were not answered.

Terrell Owens....Football superstar? Clown? Anyway.... You've all heard of him and his antics.....especially his recent alleged pill mix up reported as a suicide attempt. The first thing you need to do is listen to his rap in this youtube video.

Ok....You've seen him as a big shot in the athletic world.....You've heard his domination of the hip hop world.....He's dominated the adult book world with his autobiography.....Well, now....Terrell Owens has written a children's book. Awesome.... Alleen and Noah....Guess what you're getting for Christmas! It hits shelves November 15, 2006. By the way....please notice the starburst on the front cover...."1st in the TO Timeout Series". There will be more!!!!!! For a brief description of the book, go to www.littletlearnstoshare.com.


Brown widows have been found in Orange County. They're popping up all over the place. They're native to Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. They're not as aggressive and their bite does not pack as much of a punch as their Black Widow counterparts, however, arachnid experts say that Brown Widow venom is stronger than Black Widow venom when compared drop for drop. Apparently the only ill effects are a very painful bite and a red mark at the affected area. So if you have kids or pets...keep an eye out for the new eight legged monsters.