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Hairless Racoon
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
April 28, 2009
Category: spider
Not only are they alive, but they have grown to five times their normal size, have become exponentially more aggressive, and violently attack your entire research staff.
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 6:06 PM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 23, 2009
Category: robot
Flying robotic semi-autonomous penguins. Death will be swift.
Posted by ableiman at 12:59 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 22, 2009
Category: goldfish
Ok, let's see if we have this straight. If you put a fish into a plane and send the plane into a free fall and that fish is in the 16.326% of fish that are susceptible to seasickness and then you release the fish-- looking like it's going to puke and swimming around in uncontrollable circles-- back into the wild, it may be in danger of being eaten by a predator?
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 2:33 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: octopus
by Katie the lowly intern Just when you started to feel comforted by the surge of popular culture embracing cephalopods on TV, apparel and porn, scientists spoon out a dose of brutal reality. Researchers from University of Melbourne, University...
Posted by ableiman at 10:59 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 19, 2009
Category: zoos
New giftuses from Zooillogix readers and friends and, I must say, they are freakin outstanding. First and foremost, a long long overdue thank you to Liz of Surplus Cats who sent a Pittsburgh Zoo shot glass so long ago Ben...
Posted by ableiman at 10:10 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 14, 2009
Category: dolphin
A new species of dolphin dubbed the snubfin has been witnessed displaying some very unusual feeding behavior off the northern coast of Australia.
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 4:27 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: giraffe
This is how giraffes fight.
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 4:10 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: pig
Dude Kingsford Goes to the Beach - video powered by Metacafe via CMYKaboom!...
Posted by ableiman at 2:25 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: bioluminescence
by Katie the Lowly Intern As a kid, I was always interested in bioluminescence: So I can't really pass up the chance to post about beings that can produce their own light. Marine biologists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at...
Posted by ableiman at 11:49 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 8, 2009
Last fall many of you donated via Donor's Choose to one of three school science projects selected by Zooillogix for their direct impact of bringing creepy crawlies into the classroom. Today we have our first thank you from Ms. Daisy...
Posted by ableiman at 11:16 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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