# 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:** 6
**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:** [March 28, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/101 "2009-03-28T02:08:07Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > On the opposite side of the cuteness scale > > [Dizzy ducklings plucked to safety](http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Police-save-ducklings-caught-flap/article-848457-detail/article.html) That’s some terrible coding :smack: let’s try [Dizzy ducklings plucked to safety](http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Police-save-ducklings-caught-flap/article-848457-detail/article.htm) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/102 "2009-03-28T02:29:20Z")
Well, I’m certainly glad they didn’t run afowl of a reptilian insurance company. Thanks! ---
**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:** [April 5, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/103 "2009-04-05T15:00:56Z")
[Elephant](http://mudgee.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/jumbo-sized-runaway/1474425.aspx) escapes after traffic accident. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/104 "2009-04-06T03:33:57Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Though I have a deep and abiding respect for all our wild brethren, and wish nothing but the best for the survival of the Tonkin Snub-Nosed Langur, there’s no avoiding the fact: [it’s an ass-ugly monkey.](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44891000/jpg/_44891071_tonkin226nadler.jpg) Honestly? The first thought I had was “\ The missing link to Angelina Jolie!” (And I do think Ms. Jolie is attractive–that wasn’t a dig. But look at that pic again? Shave off the hair, give it four or five babies…I’m just sayin’) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/105 "2009-04-06T12:56:29Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > Honestly? The first thought I had was “\ The missing link to Angelina Jolie!” I’m thinking Michael Jackson. Check out the nose. Of course, that may change next week… ---
**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:** [April 11, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/106 "2009-04-11T13:05:19Z")
[Barry the giant sea worm discovered by aquarium staff after mysterious attacks on coral reef](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html). The story includes a link to: [Smell a rat? Rescue rodents used to sniff out land mines](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165863/Smell-rat-Rescue-rodents-used-sniff-land-mines.html). ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/107 "2009-04-11T13:27:07Z")
Pink dolphin in Louisiana: [Rare pink bottlenose dolphin surfaces in Louisiana lake | Wildlife | The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/03/pink-albino-dolphin-louisiana) ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/108 "2009-04-11T13:30:15Z")
Dogs (and monkeys) dislike unfairness: [Dogs Understand Fairness, Get Jealous, Study Finds : NPR](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97944783) ---
**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:** [April 12, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/109 "2009-04-12T02:30:52Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > Pink dolphin in Louisiana: [Rare pink bottlenose dolphin surfaces in Louisiana lake | Wildlife | The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/03/pink-albino-dolphin-louisiana) Someone had a thread about that one recently. Other dolphin news, including from Thailand and Cambodia, [here](http://swimwithdolphins.information.in.th/dolphin-news.html). ---
**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:** [April 12, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/110 "2009-04-12T04:29:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Barry the giant sea worm discovered by aquarium staff after mysterious attacks on coral reef](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html). That is one scary-ass worm. > [@](#): > > The story includes a link to: [Smell a rat? Rescue rodents used to sniff out land mines](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165863/Smell-rat-Rescue-rodents-used-sniff-land-mines.html). A **three pound** rat?!?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/111 "2009-04-17T13:53:37Z")
[An airline just for pets](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8004122.stm) No humans allowed, just the pets. Good grief. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/112 "2009-04-17T19:13:12Z")
[Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4409958/Extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning.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:** [April 19, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/113 "2009-04-19T01:33:48Z")
[Tasmania battles the recession](http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-17-voa13.cfm) > [@](#): > > Wombat droppings are helping an industrial town in the Australian state of Tasmania to fight the effects of the global financial crisis. Burnie has been hit by repeated rounds of job cuts but despite the gloom, one local industry is growing rapidly - producing handmade paper out of a material no one else wants - wombat dung. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/114 "2009-04-19T02:12:09Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Tasmania battles the recession](http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-17-voa13.cfm) I’ve seen and used writing paper made out of elephant dung. It’s pretty rough, but I like the novelty factor. Not widespread, unfortunately. I wonder how paper made from wombat dung stacks up. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/115 "2009-04-24T04:01:51Z")
And here we go again. They’re renewing the old plan to [implant microchips in elephants](http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30101181/Elephants-to-be-embedded-with-microchips), to control them in Bangkok. This pops up from time to time. I and many others say if you can’t track an elephant in Bangkok, you’re pretty hopeless to begin with. They’re not even supposed to be in the city at all. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/116 "2009-04-26T01:47:51Z")
[Cambodian spiders are under threat](http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-22-voa67.cfm). Oh no! No more snacks! :eek" ---
**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/117 "2009-04-27T19:44:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > it’s a binary thing, like 1k vs 1024. > i don’t see any damn elephants in those 1024. hahahaha!!! ---
**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:** [May 11, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/118 "2009-05-11T04:07:13Z")
[“Snake wine” from Thailand seized by customs officials in Miami](http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/07/florida.snake.wine/) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/119 "2009-05-11T20:40:48Z")
I’ve seen that stuff for sale in the UK (although I doubt it contained many pickled King Cobras, more like soused grass snakes). ---
**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:** [May 23, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/120 "2009-05-23T02:00:37Z")
This is stretching the definition of “animal news” about as taut as it can go, but I don’t know where else to put it: [English backpacker dies in Thailand from spider bite in Laos](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8062446.stm). (The spider being the animal here, NOT the backpacker.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528.md?page=7)