# 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:** 3
**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:** [December 20, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/41 "2008-12-20T13:44:09Z")
You want [penguins](http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157157250985?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController)? ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/42 "2008-12-20T15:00:01Z")
[http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&an=350300048711192008&ac=Local](http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&an=350300048711192008&ac=Local) Sealion makes a bid for freedom! ---
**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:** [December 20, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/43 "2008-12-20T16:24:20Z")
[Shark jumps from aquarium into pool via the waterside.](http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/18/shark-commits-suicide-on-waterslide/) Yum! Yum! Marshmallowy tourist. I’ll just use the slide through for a quick kids meal. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/44 "2008-12-21T06:10:27Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > [60,000 Sturgeon at the base of Bonnevile Dam.](http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/05/_when_sonar_surveys_spotted.html) “We call it the big sturgeon ball” [Beavis and Butthead] He said “ball”. Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh.[/Beavis and Butthead] ---
**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:** [December 21, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/45 "2008-12-21T06:12:05Z")
> [@tapioca dextrin](#): > > [farting gorillas force brussels sprouts off zoo’s christmas menu](http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/satellite/london/news/article/1157157175032?packedargs=aid%3d1157157175032%26suffix%3darticlecontroller) lmao :d ---
**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:** [January 3, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/46 "2009-01-03T10:40:55Z")
[Oragutan on a jetski](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4075831/Orangutan-rides-a-jetski.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:** [January 8, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/47 "2009-01-08T02:35:13Z")
Thai police just confiscated four tiger carcasses being smuggled from Malaysia. In the upper peninsula. Story [here](http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20090107/tts-thailand-tiger-993ba14.html). They believe the carcasses were being transported to China. This happens a lot here, smuggling of protected and endangered species from Malaysia to China overland through Thailand and Laos. The Chinese use them for meals or in traditional medicines. One especially reads a lot about pangolins getting confiscated while being transported in this manner. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/48 "2009-01-12T12:35:24Z")
[Orangutan teaches herself to whistle](http://www.greatapetrust.org/media/releases/2008/nr_79a08.php) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/49 "2009-01-25T05:17:14Z")
[Nigerian police detain goat over armed robbery](http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE50M4BM20090123) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/50 "2009-01-25T07:30:12Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Nigerian police detain goat over armed robbery](http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE50M4BM20090123) Poor goat. Probably just some kid what couldn’t get a break. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/51 "2009-01-25T15:01:20Z")
I am sick and tired of having these puns rammed down my throat! ---
**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:** [January 25, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/52 "2009-01-25T22:08:16Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Poor goat. Probably just some kid what couldn’t get a break. Butt , he should have known better. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/53 "2009-01-26T04:19:45Z")
I bet the poor kid didn’t have a nanny. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/54 "2009-01-26T04:30:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I bet the poor kid didn’t have a nanny. Baaaaaaah! Humbug! ---
**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:** [January 26, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/55 "2009-01-26T05:45:31Z")
And in Thailand, our [Scorpion Queen](http://www.nationmultimedia.com/search/read.php?newsid=30094097&keyword=scorpions) just broke her record. Earlier report [here](http://www.nationmultimedia.com/search/read.php?newsid=30091663&keyword=scorpions). ---
**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:** [February 2, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/56 "2009-02-02T04:35:48Z")
[New Bird Species Discovered in China](http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0130-babbler_bird_china.html). The Nonggang Babbler. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/57 "2009-02-02T04:53:40Z")
Here’s another good one, about Lopburi, or “monkey city.” a couple of hours north of Bangkok. Story [here](http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090201/COL07/302019985). The little buggers really do annoy many residents. They (the monkeys, not the residents) will snatch just about anything not nailed down. But they’re cute to see. Once a year, the city will lay out a feast for the monkeys. That was started by some businessman, and it’s now become a big annual tourism event. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/58 "2009-02-02T13:50:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [New Bird Species Discovered in China](http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0130-babbler_bird_china.html). The Nonggang Babbler. > [@from link](#): > > After decades of nearly institutionalized persecution at the hands of Chinese authorities and citizenry, interest in bird life in growing in China. Why were bird watchers persecuted? godless commies ---
**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:** [February 3, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/59 "2009-02-03T04:09:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Why were bird watchers persecuted? > > godless commies A good question. I was wondering that myself. Here’s another one: The mystery of why locusts swarm has been solved and can be seen [here](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/solved-the-mystery-of-why-locusts-swarm-1520409.html). ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/60 "2009-02-03T04:27:33Z")
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