Animals Are Scared of Us – Isn’t That Sad?
September 14, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Have you ever thought about how frightened your neighborhood birds are of you, a deer, a rabbit or virtually any other animal out there.
As soon as they see you, they dart for cover…
You may not have thought anything of it because we’re so used to it.
This wasn’t always the case, you know…
When Adam named the animals in the Garden of Eden, he could communicate and speak with them. Everyone got along together in perfect harmony. Imagine that…
Imagine a world where a wolf would just walk up to you as though you were it’s friend. How amazing would that be?
This issue struck me the other day when I read and wrote about the new discovery of a bunch of new species in Papua New Guinea – who may have never seen a human before.
The animals were coming down from the trees – one even sat on a researcher’s Read more
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Hanging Out with Squirrels in the Trees
August 26, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
One of the simple joys in my life is watching the squirrels in the trees play around the neighborhood.
They do vex our crew of dogs at the house, but they’re so fun to watch at the same time.
They chase each other, run up and down the trees, and they’re so busy with all of their chores, like cleaning themselves, watching out for predators like dogs and cats, and tending to their meals.
Today, I took a look out of the window to see a squirrel actually lazing around in this midday Texas summer heat!
I’ve never seen this before. He was just “chillin’ out” in the tree with it’s arm hanging off a wide enough branch to lay down on.
Squirrel Hangin' Out in Tree
Too cute! Look at him with his leg hanging off the branch “chillin’”!
I’m glad Read more
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Mock Chameleons in Texas
August 25, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I have a little lizard friend that comes by my window and walks along the fence running the length of our home in Dallas.
Mock Chameleon
He’s a cute little guy – maybe 10 cm from nose to the end of his tail and is a khaki color.
When he sees me looking through the window, he starts showing off by forcing this rounded fan-like piece of skin out from his throat area. It turns a beautiful bright, ruby red color surrounded by sunshine yellow.
Now, I think he’s showing off to me. He’ll bob his head then thrust his beautiful fan out, walk a few inches and repeat, all the while peaking to see if I’m looking.
I think he thinks he’s a tough guy! LOL…
I don’t know if the showing off is because he feels threatened or he fancies me!
Today, just as I was Read more
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Black Birds in Dallas – What’s That About?
April 15, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
If you live in Dallas, you’ll know exactly what I mean…
They’re everywhere!!!
There are many different visible species of these “black birds”…In fact one of them has a chocolate hugh; there are some with a blue hugh – some are larger, some are smaller…
Now, they’re not crows and they’re not the black birds I remember from Canada…
So What?
Well, I want to strongly caution you to ever park under a tree in a parking lot – that space is empty for a reason.
There can be upwards of 100 of these very loud birds per tree, and you’ll see them lined up on the telephone wires in the city.
In the springtime and summer, there are definitely a large increase in the number of birds, primarily because, well, in the winter it’s cold and they’re less active or because they migrate further South when it gets cold – like to Mexico or further – and come back when it’s warm.
Last night, while watching the boys play tennis, I actually watched one single solitary black bird at the school on the top of a telephone pole.
(So, one day, when you’re having a tea at Starbuck’s, just watch a few of them in the parking lot.)
It was very loud with a shrill and changeable Read more
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Killer Whales Spotted in the Gulf of Mexico
January 24, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I just saw this fabulous video on one of my Stumble Upon friends’ sites, Pensacola Mortgage Solutions, and he posted a video that I have to share with you!
This is a video taken from chartered fishing boat out for tuna 60 miles South of Orange Beach, AL from WKRG’s news info:
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Giant Pandas – Giant Cute
October 29, 2008 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
Seriously, what’s cuter than a giant panda?panda, giant
A baby giant panda! LOL
If you haven’t seen this video before, it’s must-see! Too funny & waaaaaaay too cute!
Conservation Status:
The giant panda is on the endangered species list!
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ailuropoda
Species: A. melanoleuca
Adult males can weigh up to Read more
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A Canadian Lynx as an Indoor Pet?
September 9, 2008 by Kimberly · 5 Comments
I just found out that one of my newest friends, Dani, had a Canadian Lynx as a pet…Not only that, it was an indoor cat!
I asked her to fill us in on having a Canadian Lynx as a pet.
This is her account:
Firstly, his name was Snaggletooth, and I rescued him from a breeder in Iowa. I found his information online and called him to find out more about owning a lynx.
I had always thought how wonderful it would be to own a big exotic cat. I went with a lynx because he would mature around 65lbs., which is equal to that of a medium sized dog.
With a smaller cat there are a lot of advantages. First off, Read more
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Kalypso – My Diva Red Cap Oranda Goldfish
August 22, 2008 by Kimberly · 3 Comments
My fish is a Diva!
I’m not kidding either…
Let me tell you a story about what just happened in the past few days…
It has been an extremely busy week, and I didn’t feel like cleaning out Kalypso’s 10 gallon fish bowl. She has 2 filters with bubbles and a floaty fish toy that she loves snuggling and pushing around the bowl.
Kalypso has grown quite a bit in size since I got her in the spring. I’d say she’s more than doubled in size. So, I got this new 10 gallon bowl just for her as an upgrade from her 5 gallon bowl. A big difference.
Now, when I didn’t feel like cleaning out all of her home the other night, I brought out her 5 gallon bowl just for the night (I call it her condominium), so I could clean the 10 gallon in the morning. It was already late at night, mind you.
She had a pretty plant new glass beads at the bottom and fresh water, and she was sitting right next to my computer, so that she could see me!
The next morning, I sat down to check my email and do about 30 minutes of work. Kalypso was fine…Swimming around, happy to see me, etc.
However, I was sitting there no longer than 10 minutes, and all of a sudden, she Read more
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Watch Out For Animal Thieves In The Night…
June 9, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
This is one hilarious video that I had to share with you…
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Great video…such funny, little animals!
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia???????? ????? ????????
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon
Species: P. lotor
Conservation Status:
The raccoon is considered a species of least concern.
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Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards 
P.S. Check out this adorable Raccoon poster:
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Do You Know How A Pearl Is Made?
June 4, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
One of my Facebook friends, Monika, posted this great information on her profile today, and I felt I had to share it with you:
“Do you know how a pearl is made?” The old man asked me.
An irritant enters the shell of an oyster; sometimes very small, sometimes not so small.
The oyster, aware of it’s pain, begins to cover the irritant’s jagged edges with a solution created from inside itself. It will continue to slowly cover the invader until it no longer feels pain, until what we call the pearl is formed.. The oyster does not hate the irritant, it simply responds according to it’s nature, and creates out of it’s pain a jewel.
There is no pearl of hatred.”
~ Unknown
Wow…Not only did we learn something about how a pearl is made, but maybe we can take this excerpt and apply it to our lives and the pain we experience.
If we could make a jewel out of every hurt and pain we have inside, we could make this world, and ourselves, a better place to be!
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Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards
P.S. Just look at the beauty! Check out this gorgeous pearl ring I found:
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