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Funny monkey expression
Funny picture of a chicken bath
A cattle egret upgrades to a horse ride
Drinking water is when a giraffe wishes he was a bit shorter
Taking a selfie with my distant cousin
Emperor Tamarin funny resemblance with German Kaiser Wilhelm II
Emperor Tamarin funny resemblance with German Kaiser Wilhelm II
The specific epithet imperator was initially intended as a joke, but became a scientifically recognized name.
Why collecting elephant dung may be a lucrative job in future?
Why collecting elephant dung may be a lucrative job in future?
Why would anyone in their right mind think of collecting elephant dung?
When neighbors observed Mike Bugara boiling pots of elephant dung in his yard, understandably they were quite worried.
Some thought he was practicing witchcraft, but, in reality, he was making paper.
Mr. Bugara first made paper from banana, maize, and eucalyptus leaves.
But plentiful supplies of high-fiber dung from Kenya’s elephant population got the ardent conservationist wondering about using it to make paper.
He decided that it would be a good way to raise “people’s awareness about the value of keeping the species alive,” reports New Scientist magazine.
Now his elephant-dung paper is being used for invitation cards.
So lets keep this species alive, who knows they might be our only source of affordable paper when our trees become to few to meet our production needs.
How a parrot become a key witness in a court dispute?
How a parrot become a key witness in a court dispute?
Parrot Testimony
The Indian Express reported the court case involving neighbors who were locked in a dispute over who owned the parrot.
To settle the argument, the judge ordered the parrot to appear in court and stand as a witness.
Crucial testimony was provided when the cooperative parrot obligingly rattled off the names of the children belonging to the family that had earlier reported the parrot missing.
Thanks to the faithful parrot, the district judge decided the case in favor of this family.
How the blackbird car alarm is fooling car owners?
How the blackbird car alarm is fooling car owners?
Blackbird car alarm
Blackbirds are causing an unusual problem in England’s North Yorkshire town of Guisborough—they jolt people from their early morning slumber by mimicking car alarms.
“When the owners rush out to confront the thieves they often find a blackbird in mid-song,” reports The Times of London.
“It had the tone and pitch just right,” commented one local resident. “We’ll all be driven crackers.”
And there may be little respite.
As one bird passes a new song on to a neighbor, the sound can become a lot more common.
Actually, about 30 of Britain’s bird species are capable of mimicking other sounds.
The common starling is the most gifted of them all and can easily mimic the calls of other birds.
One was known to imitate the ring of a telephone so convincingly that it was impossible to tell the imitation from the real thing.
How commuting pigeons have been dodging fares?
How commuting pigeons have been dodging fares?
Commuting Pigeons
Pigeons have long been observed hitching rides on the subway with earthbound commuters.
Additionally, some people claim that the birds even know at which stop they should get off.
Following an invitation by a magazine, a number of readers wrote to tell about their own experiences with the feathered travelers.
One man, for example, wrote:
“ I regularly encountered a single pigeon of light reddish coloring boarding the underground metro train station and disembarking at the next station.”
Another man observed a similar spectacle as far back as 1965.
It would seem that pigeons have been dodging metro fares for more than 50 years!
How rhesus god monkeys have become pests?
How rhesus god monkeys have become pests?
Rhesus monkeys have lived in Vrindavan, India, for as long as anyone can remember.
The monkeys are considered sacred by many and have been free to roam the Hindu holy city without fear of capture—until now, that is.
According to New Scientist magazine, the rhesus population has risen sharply there in recent years because the number of pilgrims feeding them has increased.
Feeding the monkeys is thought to bring prosperity.
Over the years, however, the monkeys have become almost totally dependent on handouts because there is very little greenery.
They have begun to steal bags and enter houses to look for food.
The gods have become pests.
Who do you think will win the chess game?
Who do you think will win the chess game?
Who said chess is not an animal's game.
Why this mountain goats need traffic lights?
Why this mountain goats need traffic lights?
Wild animal crossings have long been a potential danger both for motorists and for animals.
The French nature magazine Terre Sauvage reports that in view of the numerous accidents caused by animals crossing forest roads at night, technicians from the National Office of Forests have come up with a surprising discovery.
Animals stop for red lights!
Experiments have shown that the frequency of red light has the effect of temporarily paralyzing animals.
Along forest roads in France, red reflectors that capture the light from the headlights of oncoming vehicles have now been installed, but instead of reflecting the light back toward the motorists, it is reflected into the forest.
Before leaping onto the roadway, the animals now wait until the light has disappeared.
A elephant who becomes a referee unexpectedly
A elephant who becomes a referee unexpectedly
The most fair fight on earth. With the elephant as a referee who can dare play unfair.
Why Mr. Kiwi does all the domestic chores?
Why Mr. Kiwi does all the domestic chores?
Kiwi's unusual family life
He builds the underground nest and incubates the eggs.
Oddly, flightless male birds do the incubating, whereas, among the birds that fly, this job is generally done by the female.
It takes eighty days for Mr. Kiwi to brood one egg.
He sits on the nest for a week at a time without leaving to get food or drink.
He survives the ordeal but loses almost one-third his weight.
To show her appreciation Mrs. Kiwi may present Mr. Kiwi with another egg and thus another eighty-day sitting.
Despite all this Work, Mr. Kiwi never divorces Mrs. Kiwi. They remain paired for life, which may be twenty-five years.
Mrs. Kiwi too is doing her best to we serve the kiwi family.
She contributes only one or two eggs a year, but what is lacking in number is made up in size.
Four. or five-pound Mrs. Kiwi lays eggs three inches by five, weighing up to eighteen ounces-almost one-fourth her Weight!
Do you wonder about Junior?
When ready to hatch he claws his way through the shell instead of pecking his way out like most birds do.
Once hatched, Junior is on his own.
His parents do not feed him.
He is born with eyes open, and after living for about six days on his special reserve of energy he is ready to forage for himself.
Adult kiwis feed only at night. Junior eats whenever hungry, day or night. And what an appetite!
He may devour as many as eight hundred worms in twenty-four hours twice his weight in food every day
A grasshopper riding a lizard
A grasshopper riding a lizard
Funny Animals
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