This little catfish gives me nightmares

What is it? And why does it freak me out? It’s a candiru.

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Okay, here’s what we know about the Dandie Dinmont Terrier

The previous poll about the Dandie Dinmont terrier was not a rhetorical question. I don’t think anyone has a good answer about where to classify it. If a dachshund is a hound, then this dog is more hound than a dachshund is. If a Boston terrier isn’t an earth dog and cannot be considered a [...]

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Poll Question: Where does the Dandie Dinmont belong?

 

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What are we doing to certain breeds of dog?

Source We’ve already gone over the bulldog part of this documentary. I think there are people who are really starting to push for reform in the bulldog–which is getting harder because of the bulldog’s increased popularity. The Pekingese bit is far more troubling. I happen to have a book called The Lost History of the [...]

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Here’s a good laugh

This man is the Kennel Club’s “Baghdad Bob” : Source (Jemima Harrison) The Crufts winner had to be bleeped for legal reasons. The Finnish spitz is actually a gun dog. It be used as a treeing dog and a flusher– just like spaniel. (Although, unlike spaniels, it is required to tree or “perch” the bird.) [...]

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Animal Planet has tons of Steve Irwin Wannabes

I was channel surfing  last night when I stumbled across a new Animal Planet “reality” series. I had always thought that Timothy Treadwell had an extremely bizarre relationship with bears. However, he had nothing on Charlie Vandergaw. Six months out of the year, Charlie Vandergaw lives  by himself in the Alaskan Bush. He’s a former [...]

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Did you know it was once illegal to import GSD’s to Australia?

Although German immigrants to Australia  had brought their herding dogs with them in early days of settlement and were actually part of the early herding dog scene, the standard German shepherd breed was actually subject to an importation band in that country for many decades. How such a policy developed is a very good example [...]

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My Cluster Map is getting ready to reset

It is going to reset at some point today, which means the whole map will go blank. Here’s it’s tally over the past year for some selected countries: United States (US) 203,149 Canada (CA) 27,342 United Kingdom (GB) 21,122 Germany (DE) 10,057 Australia (AU) 5,296 France (FR) 4,985 Italy (IT) 3,325 Brazil (BR) 3,212 Poland [...]

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You can’t believe everything you see on television

I know this title of this post is a bromide– even a cliche– but I think  it is in need of repeating every once in a while. It is always worth repeating when one watches nature documentaries. I am a  fan of nature documentaries. I’ve always loved them, and watching them has given me insights [...]

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Alligator Snapping Turtle Bites Researcher

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