# Odd Animal News **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528 "2008-08-28T08:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/1 "2008-08-28T08:33:57Z")
[Here](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/lf_nm_life/cambodia_rats_dc_1) we see that inflation in Cambodia has pushed the price of most meat so high that demand for rat has increased. Unfortunately, this means the price of rat has quadrupled this year. And [here](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2347562.htm?tab=latest) we see an Aussie lost in the jungles of Laos for 11 days was chased by giant lizards. (I’ll bet he could have sold those in Cambodia if he’d been able to catch a couple.) Any others? Here’s the place to post 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/2 "2008-08-28T08:39:06Z")
Rats! I see **Cicero** beat me to the first story in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10140767#post10140767). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/3 "2008-08-28T09:47:42Z")
It’s a few days old, but there is the story of escapee [Plop-plop the emu.](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080821/D92MTP381.html) I can see why she’d want to escape, after being given a name like that. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/4 "2008-08-28T10:13:52Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Rats! I see **Cicero** beat me to the first story in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10140767#post10140767). [/QUOTE] I was thinking of you when I posted though. As for Plop Plop the emu- I guess if she has to be disciplined she will go before the beak. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/5 "2008-08-28T10:33:19Z")
Fred, a 30 year old tortoise gets accidentally sent to the dump the the garden waste and [makes it out alive](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7581805.stm). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/6 "2008-08-28T10:35:16Z")
The headline in today’s _Frederick News-Post_ is “Black Bear Mauls Alpaca.” Now I see how all these stories fit together. Now I see the pattern. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/7 "2008-08-29T00:08:31Z")
[QUOTE=kferr] Fred, a 30 year old tortoise [/QUOTE] Cool. Sorry, no elephant stories today. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/8 "2008-08-29T03:22:07Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] I was thinking of you when I posted though. [/QUOTE] Many people think of me when they think of rats. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/9 "2008-11-21T16:20:02Z")
New animal news: A [pocket-sized primate](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wmonkey19/BNStory/Science/home) last seen 80 years ago has been rediscovered in Indonesia. “Looks like a tangerine-sized cross between a furry Furby and a gremlin.” And some [cool undersea creatures](http://www.coml.org/pressreleases/highlights08/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/10 "2008-11-22T01:29:56Z")
And [beavers](http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/21/scottish.beavers/index.html) are back in Britain. (No word on whether they’re shaved.) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/11 "2008-11-23T13:27:13Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Many people think of me when they think of rats. Sorry- missed the post. Had a good laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/12 "2008-11-23T14:07:37Z")
This is almost two years old. [Monster Bunnies For North Korea](http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458863,00.html). ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/13 "2008-11-23T14:18:01Z")
[Panda Attack!](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7743748.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/14 "2008-11-23T14:27:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > New animal news: > > A [pocket-sized primate](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wmonkey19/BNStory/Science/home) last seen 80 years ago has been rediscovered in Indonesia. 80 years? How about a [penguin](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_sc/as_sci_new_zealand_new_penguin) that hasn’t been seen for 500 years? > [@kferr](#): > > Fred, a 30 year old tortoise gets accidentally sent to the dump the the garden waste and makes it out alive. 30 years? How about a [150 year old tortoise](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/11/BABD142211.DTL) going missing and returning after six weeks? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/15 "2008-11-23T15:25:06Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > 80 years? How about a [penguin](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_sc/as_sci_new_zealand_new_penguin) that hasn’t been seen for 500 years? Impressive, but that penguin’s still extinct; so it hasn’t really been ‘rediscovered’ in the same sense as the tarsier. That article deserves some kind of award for most unintentionally confusing penguin-related news feature. The picture is of a different species of penguin that relocated to New Zealand after the locals finished off the earlier penguin species. Now that replacement species is also endangered. Seriously, New Zealand: what the hell? You kill off one penguin species, Mother Nature sends you another, and you immediately begin eradicating the surrogate penguin. What is it with New Zealand and mass avicide? Listen, New Zealand: _Haast’s Eagle is dead._ You killed it. You don’t need to be afraid of birds anymore. Nothing is going to come screaming out of the sky and eat you. You can stop killing the birds now. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/16 "2008-11-24T02:13:41Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Seriously, New Zealand: what the hell? You kill off one penguin species, Mother Nature sends you another, and you immediately begin eradicating the surrogate penguin. What is it with New Zealand and mass avicide? Listen, New Zealand: _Haast’s Eagle is dead._ You killed it. You don’t need to be afraid of birds anymore. Nothing is going to come screaming out of the sky and eat you. You can stop killing the birds now. Kiwis don’t like birds showing up and offering their beached whales chups. Bro. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/17 "2008-11-24T09:07:01Z")
[Surfboarding dog](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3509112/Surfing-Labrador-gains-cult-status.html). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/18 "2008-11-24T09:30:08Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > This is almost two years old. [Monster Bunnies For North Korea](http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458863,00.html). Which is why Jimmy Carter won’t visit that country. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/19 "2008-11-24T12:09:55Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Which is why Jimmy Carter won’t visit that country. He’d break his paddle one that one. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/20 "2008-12-08T01:21:14Z")
[Rare monkeys spotted in Vietnam](http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/04/rare.monkey/). And cute little buggers they are, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528.md?page=2)