Perhaps you have wondered

Can you speak with animals even if they are dead? Why yes, you can, but it helps to be an animal clairvoyant:

"Ever wonder what a lion is thinking? Ever wonder what gorillas talk about just between themselves? Ever wonder what your own dog is thinking as she looks up at you withshining eyes? Amelia Kinkade knows. And after this mind-blowing keynote, you will learn how to listen to animals, too. In this powerful and wildly entertaining lecture, audience members are empowered with the skills to go home and talk with their animals that very night! Handouts with exercises to practice at home will produce immediate results in your relationships with your animals, fostering both physical and emotional healings. "

via coasttocoast

Travellers

Not Lee's mount but animals far from their typical stomping grounds.

Iditarod

Four-time winner is out. Pat sends this link to a tactic of rarified atmospheric dog doping. Strangely Poodles have made respectable showings in the past. They were bred as draft animals in Flanders. You can still see the real Balto in Cleveland for now. The Alaskans want him back. Here his posthumous countenance is between two dinosaurs. Balto.

A cow with cat-like moves

eating chikens in India. There was some interest in this today and I looked for the video (spending extra time at behest) but kept finding the same report or a rehashed version. It actually reminds me of this (cow via boortz) This site has some nice photos and the joke about cicada tea if you keep scrolling...I had heard they tasted like asparagus and ought to be pre-dawn dewy and fresh. (I hope people scroll to read about dogs and squirrels eating the cicadas.) Anyway animals you would not consider eating things you would not suspect. The cow thing is still suspect...

Animals

What's not to love? Sometimes appreciation is more profound at a distance.

Here is a stunning photo of a moment running with the bulls that must have put a damper on the vacation. Sent over by Paddy.

AWESOME!!!!!!

PJ went to the zoo last week to research all the cool animals. While he was there he personally and for me picked out an assortment of the coolest polished stones it is possible to get and he even managed to acquire the perfect rucksack for transporting them. He gave them to me and they are now always at the ready!!!!

These are a few shots of the best neatest things ever!!!

Via Newscientist

A list of animals having a rough go.