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i’m lovin’ it
Posted in Animals on March 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Frozen squirrels pose car threat
Posted in Animals on March 5, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I just couldn’t resist this interesting piece of squirrel news. A British Insurance company has put together a list of its strangest car insurance claims it received over the past twelve months. They may sound outlandish but Norwich Union said that all the claims have all been verified and paid out.
Some of its strangest claims [...]
The battle of the century
Posted in Animals on January 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I had it bad with my war against the squirrels but it paled in comparison to this absolutely hilarious story found through Digg. Dubbed the battle of the century, it tells of Don Barone’s battle vs the squirrels that were invading a bird feeder in his backyard. He tried all the Google answers [...]
Mouse sets fire to house
Posted in Animals on January 9, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Getting a mouse in the house is a real troublesome thing as they are pretty difficult to get rid of. There are many ways of getting rid of it like putting out rat poison and trapping it in a rat trap or a glue trap. Whatever you do, do NOT try setting it on fire [...]
Miracle Cat and Elmo Wants to Die
Posted in Animals on January 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It’s already 5 days into the New Year 2006 and I have been having a blogger’s block the last couple of days, or perhaps there has not been any quirky news to catch my eye….until today that is. I even found 2 quirky stories to blog about. The first is from HappyNews about a miracle [...]
Domino D-Day Sparrow
Posted in Animals on December 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I love to read weird animal stories, the weirder the better but this one takes that cake! BBC News reports of a sparrow that was shot dead for toppling 23,000 dominoes (which were being set up for a record breaking attempt) in the Netherlands. This caused great public outcry especially among animal rights groups [...]
Russian squirrel pack kills dog
Posted in Animals on December 2, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Squirrels are making the headlines again. Last time it was squirrels on crack. Now it’s the attack of the killer squirrels! A Russian newspaper reported that squirrels allegedly attack a dog barking at them in the local park and killed it in a minute. They are said to have scampered off at the sight of [...]
Squirrel Wars: Update
Posted in Animals on November 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Reading Jel’s post on the problem with monkeys in her hostel reminded me of another pest that I have not mentioned for some time now. Yes I am talking about that infamous squirrel and our ongoing Squirrel Wars. Am happy to say that of late the squirrel seems to have found a new toilet and [...]
Male mouse sings a song of love
Posted in Animals on November 4, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Humans do it.
Bats do it.
Whales and porpoises do it.
And now US scientists have found that mice can also sing. They discovered the songs by accident, while investigating how male mice responded to sex pheromones released in the urine of female mice. When the males encountered cotton swabs dunked in female mouse urine, they broke into [...]
Experiment ends in wild rat chase
Posted in Animals on October 23, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Scientists got more than they bargained for when they released a single rat named Razza in an experiment into why rats are so hard to eradicate. Razza avoided traps, escaped dogs, and ultimately swam a record distance (400m) from one uninhabited island to another. Researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand had problems [...]
