# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/141 "2009-07-02T16:36:35Z")
> [@](#): > > A sea lion became a unexpected sea captain when the curious creature took the helm of an Orange County Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol fireboat, officials say. [Sea Lion takes fireboat for ride](http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-sea-lion-captain,0,4140467.story) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/142 "2009-07-04T00:17:23Z")
[Cash for elephants](http://nationmultimedia.com/2009/07/04/national/national_30106681.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:** [July 7, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/143 "2009-07-07T08:26:17Z")
[Mass Chimp breakout at zoo](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5753208/Zoo-evacuated-as-chimpanzees-escape.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:** [July 17, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/144 "2009-07-17T04:13:51Z")
[Indian Tiger Park “Has No Tigers”](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8150382.stm) **“State Minister of Forests Rajendra Shukla said that the reserve, which three years ago had 24 tigers, no longer had any.”** ---
**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:** [July 17, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/145 "2009-07-17T06:29:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Indian Tiger Park “Has No Tigers”](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8150382.stm) > > **“State Minister of Forests Rajendra Shukla said that the reserve, which three years ago had 24 tigers, no longer had any.”** Ouch. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/146 "2009-07-20T04:51:27Z")
[Japanese Fishermen Brace for Giant Jellyfish](http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/japan.jellyfish/index.html) And HUGE fuckers they are, too. (The jellyfish, not the Japanese fishermen.) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/147 "2009-07-20T05:42:09Z")
[Invasion of the giant squid.](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/science/17brfs-INVASIONOFTH_BRF.html?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:** [July 21, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/148 "2009-07-21T04:25:10Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [Invasion of the giant squid.](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/science/17brfs-INVASIONOFTH_BRF.html?em) It’s Calamari time! ---
**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:** [July 21, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/149 "2009-07-21T05:02:18Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > It’s Calamari time! Provided it’s not Humanari time… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/150 "2009-07-21T15:31:08Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Provided it’s not Humanari time… 😃 Squid prefer their dinner raw, they know deep fried food is bad for their cholesterol levels. Squid are very health conscious, you know. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/151 "2009-07-21T17:44:32Z")
[Florida is overrun by giant pythons!](http://www.ocala.com/article/20090715/ARTICLES/907151010) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/152 "2009-07-22T02:04:52Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > [Florida is overrun by giant pythons!](http://www.ocala.com/article/20090715/ARTICLES/907151010) It’s shoes and luggage time! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/153 "2009-07-22T02:39:54Z")
I dunno, man, this shit gets [expensive.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=520476&highlight=slew+snake) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/154 "2009-07-27T17:26:34Z")
The first elephant birth in Australia occurred Monday, in Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. Story [here](http://nationmultimedia.com/2009/07/27/headlines/headlines_30108426.php). Named Luk Chai, which is Thai for “male child,” in honor of his Thai heritage. The mother is a former Bangkok street elephant. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/155 "2009-07-27T17:38:13Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The first elephant birth in Australia occurred Monday, in Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. Story [here](http://nationmultimedia.com/2009/07/27/headlines/headlines_30108426.php). Named Luk Chai, which is Thai for “male child,” in honor of his Thai heritage. The mother is a former Bangkok street elephant. Oops! Slight correction: It was named on Monday. The birth occurred on July 4. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/156 "2009-07-27T20:45:51Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Named Luk Chai, which is Thai for “male child,” in honor of his Thai heritage. The mother is a former Bangkok street elephant. Outstanding. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/157 "2009-07-28T16:38:54Z")
> **[Maternal instinct leads 'Dolly' astray: Duck incubates Titleist golf ball for...](https://herald-review.com/news/local/maternal-instinct-leads-dolly-astray-duck-incubates-titleist-golf-ball-for-six-weeks/article_6bccea95-2230-5919-85fc-aa89bd7e6187.html)** > > DECATUR - Mallard ducks have a gestation period of about 28 days. So, when the Country Club of Decatur's mallard member, Dolly, appeared to be protectively nesting an egg for “Mallard ducks have a gestation period of about 28 days. So, when the Country Club of Decatur’s mallard member, Dolly, appeared to be protectively nesting an egg for over six weeks, Mark Miller became curious. The mystery was solved when Miller, the club’s executive chef, finally got a peek of her beloved “baby” - a Titleist 3 golf ball.” ---
**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:** [July 29, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/158 "2009-07-29T15:25:41Z")
What do you call an elephant with three legs? [Chhouk](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5897197/Crippled-elephant-walks-again-thanks-to-false-foot.html) is the somewhat disappointing and unpronounceable answer. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/159 "2009-07-30T03:21:26Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > What do you call an elephant with three legs? > > [Chhouk](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5897197/Crippled-elephant-walks-again-thanks-to-false-foot.html) is the somewhat disappointing and unpronounceable answer. That’s similar to a case in Thailand some years ago. A Thai elephant that had been taken across into Burma to work logging stepped on a landmine. They got the poor beast to limp all the way back to Thailand, but then they transported her to the Elephant Hospital up North and fitted her with a prosthesis. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528/160 "2009-07-31T03:48:59Z")
A South Carolina man has been charged – for the second time! – with having sex with a horse. Story [here](http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/881575.html). **“The horse is being treated for infections related to the incidents.”** That reminds me of the old joke about the chihuahua screwing the elephant, and a coconut falls off a tree, hits the elephant on the head, making the elephant yell: “Ow!” And the Chihuahua, humping away, says: “Suffer, bitch!” For some reason, I’m thinking of the “How Close Were You to the Person You Lost Your Virginty to” thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-animal-news/461528.md?page=9)