ANIMALS & NATURE

Chimpanzee addicted to porn

April 18, 2013
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GINA the chimp has a problem. She’s addicted to adult human porn. The first question you may have is how a chimp came to watch TV. That one is simple. A television set was installed in her enclosure at Seville Zoo. But maybe the zoo regrets the decision now. Primatologist Pablo Herreros told El...
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Man buys toy poodles, discovers they’re ferrets on steroids

April 9, 2013
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By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News Senior Media Reporter An Argentine man who thought he bought a pair of poodles at an outdoor market in Buenos Aires brought them home to the vet only to be told they were actually ferrets on steroids, reports the Daily Mail. The man, a retiree from Catamarca, purchased the animals...
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Goldfish in a Zimmer Frame!

February 11, 2013
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THIS is the best story of pet ownership (a goldfish is a pet, right?) you’ll ever hear. Generally the butt of all flushing jokes in petland, goldish aren’t normally the subject of such good-luck stories. But one lucky goldfish has an owner so attentive she’s even been nursed through a disability. Instead of flushing...
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Shellshocked turtles end their 115 year old ‘marriage’

June 13, 2012
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NO one could accuse them of not trying to make it work. After an incredible 115 years together, two giant tortoises at an Austrian zoo have gone their separate ways – refusing to share a cage any longer. The falling out, which has baffled zoo officials, marks the end of the world’s oldest animal...
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Spooked horse swims 3km offshore

May 18, 2012
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Beach goers and boaters along the coast of Central California are accustomed to seeing fascinating sea creatures large and small off its shore—but an Arabian horse? Some at first thought the gleaming white animal bobbing up and down on the waves near Santa Barbara was a seagull, but were surprised to learn it was...
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The goose who wears sandals

April 6, 2012
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Gator the rescue goose’s adoptive parents, Bob and Lauree Strouse, were so concerned his feet would suffer on their walks, they got him a pair of sandals. Gator enjoys the freedom of St Augustine in his smart new sandals (Picture: Mercury) The couple designed the footwear to combat the hot and harsh concrete in...
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Italian Cat Becomes Third Richest Animal In The World After Owner Leaves It £10m In Will

December 13, 2011
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Nick Pisa, in Rome An Italian cat has become the third richest animal in the world after inheriting almost £10m after his wealthy owner died and left him the entire family fortune. Maria Assunta died last month aged 94 and, according to lawyers entrusted with her estate, left the fortune in property to Tommasino,...
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NY cops scolded for mocking pigeon called Fred at WTC Ground Zero

December 11, 2011
NY POST: CHAD RACHMAN FOWL BALL: A cop on duty at the 9/11 Memorial plaza yesterday is in the line of fire of Fred the pigeon, who has been pestering police from his perch atop this fence

NEW York police were admonished for mocking a dive-bombing pigeon at Ground Zero after a bizarre battle between cops and the angry bird. Fred, an unmistakable brown and orange pigeon, recently took up residence on a metal fence surrounding the World Trade Center’s memorial plaza — and has been dive-bombing cops stationed nearby ever...
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‘Gay’ penguins to be torn apart

November 8, 2011
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A relationship between two ‘gay’ penguins has fascinated keepers at Toronto Zoo, but the couple is to be separated and will each be paired with a female for breeding. The two birds have shown signs of mating behaviour usually only seen between male and female birds, including preening each other and sleeping together at...
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How’d you like your koala – braised or stewed? Mar-soup-ial madness

October 31, 2011
These cuddly creatures are reportedly being served up as stew in some Chinese restaurants. Picture: Adam Head

  A RESTAURANT in southern China is reportedly serving up stewed koala. An Australian man visiting the Panyu district in Guangdong has told radio 3AW he was shocked to see the marsupial offered on the menu. The traveller said hungry diners were able to select the live animal from a cage, where its price...
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