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Archive for April, 2010
Identify the canid
Posted in Identify the species, Uncategorized on April 30, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Why is this moose wearing a bell?
Posted in Identify the species, Uncategorized on April 30, 2010 | 15 Comments »
I’m talking about the man-made bell: The answer.
West Virginia’s state reptile is becoming inbred
Posted in dog breeding, West Virginia, wildlife, tagged dog breeding, genetic diversity, rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake, West Virginia on April 30, 2010 | 12 Comments »
From Discovery News: Why did the rattlesnake cross the road? It didn’t, says new research, and that may be a problem. New DNA analyses of rattlesnakes in New York State finds that even minor roadways deter snakes from crossing the road to breed. Populations are becoming isolated from each other by roadways, which may threaten [...]
Night of the Lepus– the real deal!
Posted in Absolute Piffle on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
50 pound rabbit– a real one! But he’s nothing like the ones in this movie: Source.
The Evolution of Homer Simpson
Posted in Absolute Piffle, evolution on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Source.
A bird that makes a more annoying sound than guinea fowl
Posted in Absolute Piffle, wildlife, tagged birds, curassow, yellow-knobbed currasow on April 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Source. Curassows are Galliformes from the New World. This particular species is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Alien Big Cats
Posted in Uncategorized, wildlife on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Beast of Bodmin Moor! And people who talk like pirates. Source.
Gaylan’s Rule of 6s
Posted in dog breeding, golden retriever, good dog advice, working retrievers, tagged golden retriever, most used stud problem on April 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
This a good proposal to solve a major problem in the breed.
The bizarre natural history of the black-backed jackal
Posted in dog domestication, Uncategorized, wild dogs, wildlife, wolves, tagged black-backed jackals, dog domestication, jackals on April 29, 2010 | 26 Comments »
I’ve been looking into the black-backed jackal this week. At first I was checking into the possibility that they can hybridize with domestic dogs. I am still skeptical that they can. However, what I have found about this species is they are quite strange. There are two populations of this species that are not contiguous. [...]
Commuting Romanian wolf
Posted in Uncategorized, wild dogs, wildlife, wolves, tagged Romanian wolf, urban wolf, Wolf on April 28, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Source. This is in the city of Braşov. This wolf bitch raises her litter without a mate or helpers. Because she is not entirely paranoid about people, she can utilize the excesses of our civilization to raise her offspring. Do you think this might have say something about the benefits of domestication for the ancient [...]





