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Agility Gerbil Is Go

Category: rodent

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Wired Magazine's Top 10 New Organisms of 2007

Category: cat

As many of you might have noticed, Benny and I have been off for the week for Christmas in San Francisco. The plan was to visit the Zoo on Wednesday, which obviously did not happen, so we checked out the...

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I'm Dreaming of a White Squirrel

Category: albino

Olney, Illinois is famous for white squirrels. In 1943 there were 1000 of the little guys but by the '90s the population remained constant around 200. The town has implemented a rather strict set of laws to protect them. Dogs...

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New Pygmy Possum and Giant Rat Discovered

Category: opossum

Much like Pier 1 Imports is the place to make great unexpected holiday gift discoveries this season, Indonesia is the #1 source for mildly inventive new mammal species. In the Foja Mountains rainforest of eastern Papua province, a joint Indonesian...

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Elusive Giant-Eared Jerboa Captured on Film

Category: new discoveries

What? What? Huh? I can't hear you? What did you say? What? A scientific expedition in the Gobi desert has yielded the holy grail for hamster lovers, film of the long-eared jerboa, a creature that has heretofore never been...

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DON'T FEED IT AFTER MIDNIGHT!

Category: rodent

Benny and I subscribe to some interesting listservs... One of the few that is fit to discuss here is a zookeeper and exotic pet group that shares information on raising and feeding exotics as well animal enrichment. We have learned...

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Flaming Squirrel Blows Up Woman's Car

Category: squirrel attack

Hudson County Now reported late last week that a flaming squirrel fell from the sky and blew up a woman's car in Bayonne, NJ. Lindsey Millar, 23, and her brother, Tony, 22, were inside their home when they looked outside...

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Naked Mole-Rats Help Unlock the Mysteries of Infertility

Category: rodent

Scientists interested in treating infertility in humans are turning to an unlikely source for inspiration: naked mole-rats. The rats--actually more closely related to porcupines and chinchillas than moles or rats--live in large colonies much like ants. In these colonies, one...

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Dramatic TV Moment!

Category: video

Thanks to LonelyFatGuy, our Belgian friend...

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4 Cats, 1 Rat Artificially Resuscitated After Fire

Category: cat

Firefighters in Pocatello, Idaho, pulled the lifeless bodies of four cats and an albino rat from a blaze and then managed to bring them back back to life through artificial resuscitation. The fire department had purchased tiny oxygen masks for...

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