Pit bull cares for young rabbit

Source. This is so cute. That dog must have very strong parental instincts. I know this, because Miley would be busy carrying that little rabbit around in her mouth. Little rabbits might be cute, but they are more fun to carry around.  

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Retrieverman voting contest!

I am pleased to announce the first contest ever held on Retrieverman. To enter the contest, all you have to do is vote. See the “Vote for Me” button that is just below my blog stats? Click on it. When another window or tab opens, you have voted. Close the newly opened tab or window, [...]

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Black Irish water spaniel x

Source. This dog is an IWS mixed with either golden or flat-coated retriever. A liver IWS bred to a golden with black pigment will produce black puppies. Here’s her profile at Black Retriever X Rescue. This cross tells me that IWS are not that distinct from the other retrievers, and the old name “Irish retriever” [...]

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Dark golden retrievers

When I say “dark golden retriever,” this is what I mean: We may call this dog “red.” As you can tell from the name in the JPG file. However, dogs of this color were always within the accepted range of golden retriever color. Just not in the UK or the FCI. And here’s another: (Source [...]

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Newfoundland dogs with retriever characteristics

This dog’s name was Leo and he was depicted in Stonhenge’s The Dogs Of Great Britain, America, And Other Countries (circa 1880). Stonehenge (John Henry Walsh) argues contends that there are three types of Newfoundland: The “true” Newfoundland, the “loosely made” Large Labrador, and the St. John’s water dog.  The first is the large black Newfoundland [...]

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Now the Feliformia

Source. Also check out the Caniformia video to see how the whole order Carnivora evolved from common ancestors that looked like genets or genet/fox hybrids. He mislabels a few species- snow leopards, clouded leopards, and the ocelot. And at least one Pantherine cat has hybridized with a “small” cat. The cougar and leopard have produced [...]

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The chihuahua and the banana

At Borderwars.

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Leopard kills black-backed jackal

Source. This is why leopards like to eat dogs. Many cat-hating European dogs that had been imported to Africa met their end when they took off after the big spotted kitty. A dog is nothing more than bigger, fatter, and more gullible black-backed jackal to a leopard. The fact that this unusual jackal would have [...]

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Creationism and racism in a high school biology class

Source. Some points: 1. I am a lumper in taxonomy. I am not a creationist. There are good reasons why coyotes are considered separate species from wolves and dog. And foxes can’t interbreed with dogs at all. The species barrier is one of those natural barriers, but not all dog/coyote or wolf/coyote hybrids are fertile. [...]

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How to be a good creationist 2.0

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