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Wildlife rehabilitation videos

Upton O'Good — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:11:02 -0800

Wildlife rehabilitators take care of wounded or orphaned animals, nursing them back to health and preparing them for a life back in the wild. This leads to a lot of cute baby animal videos. (Roll over for descriptions.) On a more serious note, if you find an injured or orphaned animal, here are a collection of tips to follow; you can find a wildlife rehabilitator near you by searching here.

The battle of the gentle giants

madamjujujive — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:14:01 -0800

Giraffe mating battles can be brutal but they are generally gentle giants. Man's fascination with these exotic creatures can be tracked from 9,000 year old rock art to the quest for exotics that brought them to the courts of Medici-era Florence, Restoration Paris, and Imperial China, spawning much curiosity and fanciful illustration. Today, giraffe-o-philes can get up close and personal in Kenya's Giraffe Manor. Zheng Hai's giraffe Medici Giraffe Zarafa, the giraffe that walked to Paris in 1827. Michael Poliza's giraffe photos Tall Blondes - Lynn Sherr narrates a wonderful PBS Nature episode on giraffes, available in 11 segments. In pursuit of giraffes - BBC's Joanna Lumley

...who's the grayest of them all?

salvia — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:45:06 -0800

Elephants are self aware (news story, videos). "As a result of this study, the elephant now joins a cognitive elite," said researcher Frans de Waal at Emory University. [Past posts tagged with "elephant" "elephants"]

Squirrels-For-You.com

Gator — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:10:27 -0800

How To Have A Ton Of Fun Raising Baby Squirrels. Husband and wife document their adventures raising these little spazz-monsters with many photos and some Flash movies. Via Cute Overload.

They Otter Just Give Up

Gator — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:39:58 -0800

We all know that otters are terminally cute (warning: streaming WMV), but the Federal Government is only just now figuring out that they're also smarter than humans give 'em credit for. And they have no respect for the poor widdle shellfish industry. No respect at all. Awww.

Organic AEV's - minus the bombs.

loquax — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:16:36 -0800

Remember the thre ads last week about R/C planes with digital cameras? Rank amateurs. Animal Planet has upped the stakes in the unmanned aerial vehicle race by strapping a video camera to an eagle. That's right, an eagle. It's incredible. Check out the dogfight in particular. They're also doing a bunch of other cool things with animals and technology.

Junglewalk

johnny novak — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:37:43 -0800

Junglewalk
If you need a picture of an alpaca, some video of a nudibranch or audio of a nightjar.

MiguelCardoso — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 04:52:57 -0800

Feeling Peckish? Like a big bald eagle? Order one now! Humour might be one way of trying to protect endangered animals but the bushmeat trade is no joke and fighting it is damn difficult, probably as difficult as fighting world poverty. Does anyone else feel that these jokes just aren't funny anymore?

bclark — Tue, 26 Jun 2001 05:17:13 -0800

Orlando is under attack by alligators: something that isn't that uncommon, but seems particularly bad this year. We're used to losing a hunting dog or two, but when the gators start taking down horses (don't worry, the horse lived) and killing young children in an urban environment, you've got to wonder what's happening. Tip to tourists from a local: if chased by a gator, flee in a zig-zag pattern (gators are pretty fast, but turn like Sherman tanks.)