A few months ago, I was coming home on a country road that leads to the suburbs in Niagara Falls.
It was about 3:00am, pretty cold, and what do I see? A mountain lion (also called cougars or pumas) that had just crossed the road in front of me.
It was on the left side of the road on the shoulder going into the brush. I happened to be on the phone with a friend and told them what was going on.
The big cat just looked over it’s shoulder at me as I drove past it slowly.
It was definitely a [ ... ]
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A few months ago, I was coming home on a country road that leads to the suburbs in Niagara Falls.
It was about 3:00am, pretty cold, and what do I see? A mountain lion (also called cougars or pumas) that had just crossed the road in front of me.
It was on the left side of the road on the shoulder going into the brush. I happened to be on the phone with a friend and told them what was going on.
The big cat just looked over it’s shoulder at me as I drove past it slowly.
It was definitely a [ ... ]
Today is January 12th, 2012. I live in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, and was thinking about how mild and more pleasant our weather is than usual in Januaries of the past.
Yes, it is only a few degrees above freezing, and many of you scoff at that idea because it’s unthinkable to you being from more Southern states or tropical countries, but a few degrees above freezing is mild for this time of year.
I was reminiscing with my mother today about how much snow we used to have when I was a child, especially on Christmas vacation. There were truckloads of [ ... ]
Category: Animals of the World, Arctic Animals, Bears, Environment, Featured, Mammals
Tags: Environment, global warming, no snow, polar bears, polar ice sheets, warm winters, winter Leave a Comment
USA (EXOTIC ANIMAL NEWS) – Sad news comes to the animal lovers out there, who are concerned about the world’s populations of endangered animals.
66 wolves were initially re-introduced to the Northern Rocky Mountains from Canada back in the middle of the 1990s. Today, there are approximately 1650 in the population.
The issue is that the White House is ready to accept a budgetary bill including an unprecedented lifting of the Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in five US Western states, which has been a law in effect for 37 years, and it being the 1st time Congress has approached [ ... ]
Category: Dogs, Featured, News, North American Animals
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Ben Cardin, Bush administration, Center for Biological Diversity, democratic senators, Department of the Interior, Endangered Species Act, Florida State University, Fred Cheever, GOP, gray wolf, House Natural Resources Committee, Interior Secretary, J.B. Ruhl, Jon Tester, Ken Salazar, Kieran Suckling, Max Baucus, Patrick Parenteau, President Obama, Rep. Edward Markey, University of Denver Sturm School of Law 3 Comments
I was watching a show on Animal Planet the other day and they had to do a hysterectomy on a polar bear.
The intriguing thing about the surgery was that when they shaved her fur to prepare her, her skin was completely black.
This makes complete sense and is an amazing adaptation for these bears.
Why?
Because their black skin absorbs heat from the sun. Their fur isn’t actually white…it’s clear – this allows the sunlight to penetrate their thick coats and allow their black skin to absorb this heat!
Huh! Who knew?
Nature is such a marvelously designed thing! There is a reason for every [ ... ]
It’s 12:45 am in Dallas, Texas right now…
I just took our kitchen garbage out to the trash can and noticed one of our neighborhood stray dogs laying in the middle of the street.
As I focused in and started approaching, I noticed that it was sitting next to another animal, also in the middle of the street…I thought it could have been a run over cat or something like that…
…As I came upon the dog, I took a look at what kind of animal was laying there and lo and behold, it was the opossum I’ve been noticing walking through the [ ... ]
They’re called water bugs or Palmetto bugs, but they’re actually American cockroaches and they’re huge.
They can fly, they run fast and will even come back to life on you after they’ve been smashed.
When we lived in Louisiana, they were a real problem especially when it rained or got cold as they’d find any tiny hole to get into your home. We actually set mouse traps for them and they worked!
They’re so large, you can hear them shuffling around in cupboards and on tile floors, even though we keep everything really spic and span.
Tonight, we just got rid of our 4th [ ... ]
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
A Kentucky man, Kenny Mahoney, has a motion sensor hunting camera in his backyard, which often picks up images of rabbits, turkeys and deer.
What he found was an unidentified mysterious animal (UMA) on the photo raiding his garden. Check out this video:
Skeptical that it could be bigfoot, but unable to rule it out completely, the investigation moves on in the woods of Kentucky for bigfoot.
They say the figure looked to be six
Yup, that's right! I have always wanted to start an animal refuge of my own...If you would like to help me start my animal refuge, [ ... ]
Category: Animals of the World, Endangered Species, Exotic Pets & Strange Animals, Featured, Mammals, North American Animals, Unidentified Mysterious Animals (UMA)
Tags: bigfoot, bigfoot sightings, bigfoot video, cryptid, cryptozoology, Kenny Mahoney, Kentucky bigfoot, latest bigfoot sightings, mysterious animal, sasquatch, UMO, unidentified mysterious animal, yeti 4 Comments
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
Scientists from the United States, Great Britain and Papua New Guinea stumbled upon one of the greatest wildlife discoveries ever.
They identified 40 new species of animal never before scientifically recorded in a 1 km deep volcanic crater on Mt. Bosavi in Papua New Guinea.
Among these amazing finds were a species of fanged frog, possibly the largest rat species in the world (Bosavi woolly rat) that had absolutely no fear of humans, the Henamo grunter (a grunting fish that makes noises from it’s swim bladder), a new bat, 2 other fish species, and 15 other frog species.
Animals of the [ ... ]
Category: Amphibians, Animals of the World, Endangered & Extinct Animals, Endangered Species, Indonesian Animals, News, Rodents
Tags: Bosavi Crater, bushwalking, fanged frog, grunting fish, Henamo grunter, Mt. Bosavi, new species, Papua New Guinea, rainforest, rainforest animals, scientific discovery, woolly rat 3 Comments
Out of all the exotic animals I’ve ever seen, for the first time in my life, I saw a woodpecker in person.
I’ve seen photos, heard them pecking, videos and know a bit about them, but have never seen one before.
I’m from Canada, so I’m sure there are more varieties there, but here in Dallas, there was a tiny, black with white speckled woodpecker with a touch of red on it’s head.
I’ve done my research online and found out that it’s a Ladder-Backed Woodpecker!
I knew it was a woodpecker from it’s tuft of hair on the back of it’s head, it’s [ ... ]
What’s better than a commercial with gorillas in it?
Not much…LOL…
Check this one out:
I know…maybe it’s not
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Category: African Animals, Animal Classes, Animals of the World, Featured, Mammals, Primates
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