# 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:** 10
**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 15, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/181 "2009-08-15T00:08:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Could be worse. > Could be Thai bar girls. 🙂 No, I LOVE it when that happens. 😃 ---
**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 15, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/182 "2009-08-15T01:41:52Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > No, I LOVE it when that happens. 😃 Do you not read your own posts, _Kimosabe_ or is it just that as do I, you enjoy the misfortunes of others? 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/183 "2009-08-16T02:36:58Z")
Well, there are good rampages and there are bad rampages. 😉 ---
**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 16, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/184 "2009-08-16T02:53:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, there are good rampages and there are bad rampages. 😉 Ah. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/185 "2009-08-17T04:36:42Z")
[Agents seize elephant parts from home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-elephantparts,0,5817978.story). :eek: ---
**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 18, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/186 "2009-08-18T03:43:51Z")
[Festival for the Preservation of Cock Fighting](http://www.paknam.com/latest-news/thai-cock-fighting-festival.html) It’s in English starting from right below the first photo. Thais are very big on cock fighting. Any suggestion of outlawing it always brings the supporters out in droves. They remind me of gun nuts in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/187 "2009-08-20T05:55:18Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Festival for the Preservation of Cock Fighting](http://www.paknam.com/latest-news/thai-cock-fighting-festival.html) > > It’s in English starting from right below the first photo. Thais are very big on cock fighting. Any suggestion of outlawing it always brings the supporters out in droves. They remind me of gun nuts in the US. Ummm… ---
**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 20, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/188 "2009-08-20T06:20:28Z")
A toe biting giant cod has been caught in the Northern Territory. [Link.](http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2009/08/20/2661587.htm) ---
**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 21, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/189 "2009-08-21T03:24:57Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Festival for the Preservation of Cock Fighting](http://www.paknam.com/latest-news/thai-cock-fighting-festival.html) > > It’s in English starting from right below the first photo. Thais are very big on cock fighting. Any suggestion of outlawing it always brings the supporters out in droves. They remind me of gun nuts in the US. > [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Ummm… No offense. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/190 "2009-08-22T06:30:16Z")
[Green bomber worms](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/photogalleries/worms-glowing-bombs-green-pictures/) ---
**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 24, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/191 "2009-08-24T04:33:12Z")
[Fossil reveals how pterosaur fell to earth – with a hop](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fossil-reveals-how-pterosaur-fell-to-earth-ndash-with-a-hop-1774044.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:** [August 25, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/192 "2009-08-25T04:51:53Z")
This one could easily have gone in my Cambodian thread, but I’ll put it here: [Cambodian village worships cow with reptilian skin](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gkkgQupj_lWIxw_huyo_1FCL5OAAD9A7B0000) Cambodia is largely Buddhist, but 2000 years ago this entire area was Hindu, and certain traditions remain. ---
**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, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/193 "2009-08-28T04:21:47Z")
A couple of sad ones: [Showcase: Forgotten Elephants](http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/showcase-41/) and [Thailand’s Begging Street Elephants](http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/collections/72157622026420519/) Please, folks, whatever you do, don’t help perpetuate bringing elephants into this polluted city by paying to feed them. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/194 "2009-08-29T02:44:56Z")
[Cop Investigated for Feeding Gorillas Pop-Tarts](http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Cop_Investigated_for_Feeding_Gorillas_Pop_Tarts_aug_24_2009) [Police baffled as dozens of ‘suicidal’ cows throw themselves off cliff in the Alps](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1209638/Scientists-baffled-suicidal-cows-throw-cliff-Switzerland.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:** [September 1, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/195 "2009-09-01T02:20:20Z")
[Surgery seperates cojoined rattlesnakes](http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/306810) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/196 "2009-09-01T02:50:36Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Surgery seperates cojoined rattlesnakes](http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/306810) Jesus Christ. All those poor raccoons that need to eat, and someone saves two rattlesnakes. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/197 "2009-09-01T04:27:54Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Surgery seperates cojoined rattlesnakes](http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/306810) That could have made for a revival of the Great American Roadside Attraction. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/198 "2009-09-08T04:54:42Z")
[Lost World of Fanged Frogs and Giant Rats Discovered in Papua New Guinea](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/07/discovery-species-papua-new-guinea) [Scientists Spot Rare Turtle in Wild for First Time](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546927,00.html?test=latestnews) (in Burma) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/199 "2009-09-08T13:18:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Scientists Spot Rare Turtle in Wild for First Time](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546927,00.html?test=latestnews) (in Burma) > [@](#): > > The sanctuary, originally established to protect elephants, contains thick stands of impenetrable bamboo forests and is rarely visited by people according to the report. Great. Turtles feared near extinction are found, and they are going to be stepped on by an elephant. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [September 8, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/200 "2009-09-08T17:08:41Z")
[Repentant Thai breeds 4,600 scorpions](http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5870S120090908?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt) **“A Thai man is keeping more than 4,600 scorpions as pets to atone for the years he spent cooking the arachnids to sell as snacks.”** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528.md?page=11)