# Read Any Interesting Animal Stories Lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-any-interesting-animal-stories-lately/360089 "2006-06-09T17:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 9, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-any-interesting-animal-stories-lately/360089/1 "2006-06-09T17:56:56Z")
A woman beat a dog breeder with a dead Chihuahua as she went balistic. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/08/national/a090422D65.DTL](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/08/national/a090422D65.DTL) Article on animals back from extintion. "1933 German scientists “recreated” the Tarpan (or Przewalksi’s) horse, a prehistoric European species that had died out in the late 19th century. > **[Stephen Moss: The creatures that came back from the dead](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/jun/08/g2.conservationandendangeredspecies)** > > From frogs to horses, they're nature's fighters, the species that are making a comeback after having been written off as extinct by science. Stephen Moss tells their stories. I have to wonder if anymore exploding frogs show up in Germany this year. A pond had frogs that swelled with gases and blew apart last year. Woman with a live frog in her salad will NOT be suing Burger King. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap\_on\_fe\_st/netherlands\_frog\_salad](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap_on_fe_st/netherlands_frog_salad) The standoff ended peacefully when Carmichael agreed to hand over a dozen chickens, a crate of eggs and photocopies of some of his files. How can you not read this one? [http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-farmers20060606.html](http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-farmers20060606.html) A hamster went through a shreeder and came out alive. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north\_east/5040934.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/5040934.stm) Any other people have some good story links? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-any-interesting-animal-stories-lately/360089/2 "2006-06-09T18:46:04Z")
I read about a guy who bred a bulldog with a shitzu. I can’t remember what they called the hybrid, but the article was fascinating. Wish I had a link. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-any-interesting-animal-stories-lately/360089/3 "2006-06-09T19:09:06Z")
Bear vs. cat. Cat wins! [http://newsradio88.com/pages/44478.php](http://newsradio88.com/pages/44478.php) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-any-interesting-animal-stories-lately/360089/4 "2006-06-09T19:26:12Z")
That was good. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-any-interesting-animal-stories-lately/360089/5 "2006-06-11T14:13:40Z")
Bump! Ma! Suzie bumped me!