Creatures in the news — winged, four-footed, cute or scary
good story on our feathered friends...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/parrots-are-a-lot-more-than-pretty-bird.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
More like ourselves than I thought!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/opinion/sunday/what-i-learned-from-tickling-apes.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
Well here is something you might like but these animals are extinct!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-horned-dinosaur-utah_us_573ca9cce4b0646cbeebc520
been way too long since I have posted on this thread, but this story restores my faith in people.....
Have you seen this one of a sheep that thinks it's a dog???
I think I just might become a vegetarian! I have been moving in that direction for awhile now -- and this summer the wild turkeys have arrived in our yard -- no Thanksgiving bird for me this year 
thread drift: chuckle! Trust the 'roo!!
Nice animal read
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/world/europe/london-zoo-weigh-animals.html
Fixed the link!
Resourceful possum! Seems to be a baby/young adult.
Bunnings is a national chain of hardware stores that also sells furniture, landscaping/gardening supplies, and has 'coffee corners' for light meals before or after your DIY class.
I first heard about these creatures being capable of taking down hummingbirds a couple of years ago,I couldn't believe it!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/science/praying-mantis-eating-birds.html?ref=todayspaper
amazing look at sea life travel...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/science/tsunami-japan-debris-ocean.html?ref=todayspaper
Working dogs of a different kind: very happy spaniels, too. Great job they’re doing!
oh! I hadn’t heard about this vital veterinary program in Indonesia! Well done!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-07/jakarta-takes-on-mammoth-task-to-remain-rabies-free/9020740
Manhattan peacocks’ real estate— all about location, location....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/nyregion/peacocks-st-john-the-divine.html?ref=todayspaper
A murmuration of budgerigars in Central Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-10/budgies-swarm-in-central-australia-stunning-display/9035030
marksierra said:
A murmuration of budgerigars in Central Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-10/budgies-swarm-in-central-australia-stunning-display/9035030
More pics here - along with a link to the photographer's own website:
I’m so sad: Jeremy the snail has died!
I never quite got over “Bambi”... 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/climate/fires-hurricanes-endangered-animals.html?ref=todayspaper
putting yarn stashes to good use...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/24/world/asia/elephant-blanket-myanmar.html?ref=todayspaper
yes! I saw that, sent it to peggyc, and some Aussie knitters. They’re sooooo cute!
Mtierney, have you read about the living kitten with two faces? Wow!
gosh no, Joanne, there are so many oddities of nature on FB, I missed that. BTW, how is Peggy, she is not on MOL from what I see.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-23/two-faced-kitten-defying-the-odds/9284000
Peggyc is really busy! 
She’s still singing, and doing pottery, and active on the Facebook MOL (I forget what it’s called).
Not sure whether to post this here, or with marksierra's 'chooks' 
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/26/crocodile-surprise-melbourne-christmas
FWIW, this is a bit like finding a croc in NYC
joanne said:
Not sure whether to post this here, or with marksierra's 'chooks'
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/26/crocodile-surprise-melbourne-christmas
Put it with the chooks!
After all, weren't chooks originally lizards which evolved to become ... chooks?
They feed dead chooks to the crocogators in our reptile parks. Is that case of eating your own?
clever thinking, and a great friendship:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-17/blind-sheep-finds-his-way-thanks-to-puppy-halo-vest/7200266