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Throwing snow balls at lions at a zoo in China. That one day when the lion decides to use his super lion strength to jump higher than anyone ever thought he could to maul visitors won’t be a surprise. Remember the SF Zoo attack by tigers? (Chinasmack – Snowballs at lions)
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It doesn’t quite seem like it, but this elephant can mimic sounds including five words. Why or how? He learned possibly because he was the only elephant for five years at the zoo, so his contacts were all human. (Belfasttelegraph – Korean Elephant) [youtube]xJjsiY3oDec[/youtube] (youtubelink)
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As the world gets smaller, the consumption of luxury goods from places other than your own become more valuable. Ivory is still something sought after by wealthy Chinese folks. You might ask why and when’s the last time you heard of anyone wanting ivory? In a national park in Cameroon, organized poachers have killed hundreds of elephants and decimated it’s population by half. What can you do from your desktop? This is a fairly new and rising problem. Yes, elephants will disappear from Cameroon. (NY Times – Elephants in Cameroon)
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Sometimes there are videos that make me happy. The dog and the horse look like they’re best friends. Is it because they pay attention to each other in just the right ways and that’s good enough? [youtube]fgVPVWXuEoU[/youtube]
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This man looks happy and content but it’s only after you was high on meth and killed a bobcat. It’s not that Henry Arnibal killed a bobcat, since there are multiple reasons why one might need to do that, but he also skinned it and ate it while high on meth. It’s funny because he lives in a trailer, fights roosters, and was questioned regarding pot growing. Police saw an animal skin hanging on a fence, and Arnibal was rubbing his belly like Homer. (SF Weekly – Man Eats Bobcat)
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