Categorized from threatened to critically endangered, sea turtles from the world’s oceans have mostly been hunted down for their meat, fat and shells (tortoiseshell). These days, the most significant threat for them is a commercial fishing technique called longline fishing, that uses hundreds or even thousands of baited hooks hanging from a single line and causes accidental sea turtle deaths.

There are seven living species of sea turtles and here’s a little bit on each of them. (more…)

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Dang it! These animal Olympic events weren’t on my TV sked and I am afraid I missed them. How come all the good stuff gets by me? Okay, how come most everything gets by me?

There is the Bear High Bar Gymnastic Event.

Pygmy Loris Climbing

Elephant Soccer

Goat Riding

What do you think about using animals for entertainment purposes? Maybe the animals could get a kick out of watching us perform.

Question - What did the one alligator say to the other after eating a missionary?

Answer - I love these people. They are soft on the outside and crunchy on the inside.

Ever wonder what a polar bear has for dessert? Wonder no more. This polar bear at Osaka’s Tennoji Zoo is getting a summer retreat and a reprieve from the summer heat.

I had an apple for breakfast this morning. Thank goodness my wife didn’t stick it in an ice cube, an ice cube the size of a freezer at that!

So, how’s this fellow going to get this treat I wonder? Wait for global warming to set in. Chomp at it, belly it down to size? Is this maltreatment of animals? Or are we having fun? What do you think?

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Sure enough, if Batman had a cat it would likely be this little fellow. Or, if a cat wanted to hang out with Batman … then … wait!! Is that you Catwoman?

Apparently, the woman in the pic found this little feline being passed around in a Chicago bar and decided to take him home. Is she Catwoman?

Yoda is the cat’s name and HE has four ears, two of them Batman like and all of them Catwoman like. Angelia Jolie has been hanging out with porn star Tera Patrick, to learn lessons on how to be Catwoman. Maybe, just maybe, what Angelina needs is a Catman. And, maybe this little fellow is the dude she needs.

Batman!!! Are you reading this?

Nils Olav is a penguin. But not just any penguin. Everything started in 1972 at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland during the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the annual military music festival, when the penguin became a mascot of the King’s Guard.

The name, he got it from lieutenant Nils Egelien who declared him an honorary member of the military and after Olav V., king at the date. Even though the penguin died, every time he was replaced and kept the name, the notoriety and the rank. The Nils Olav of today is the third penguin which in 2005 got promoted from regimental sergeant major to honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King’s Guard.

After lots of medals for good conduct and long service, Nils Olav became the most royal of all penguin on Friday after a knighthood ceremony at the Zoo. With a fanfare behind and escorted by the King’s Guard Color Detachment, he inspected the troops and stopped to crane his neck at every little detail before moving forward. He was thorough.

On behalf of Norway’s King Harald V, British Maj. Gen. Euan Loudon took care of taking off the colonel-in-chief badge and wrap the new one to its flipper. Nils Olav will be a SIR now.

Aye aye sir!

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Pretty odd I must say, but a recent study revealed that if Australia is going to farm kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep (to remove 36 million sheep and 7 million cattle by 2020), that could lower the overall greenhouse gases by 3 percent each year. Do you think it’s that simple?

First of all, Australians won’t understand that killing kangaroos for food is good for the environment. It’s more like a matter of taste than a matter of global warming, and my bet is people are not yet prepared to switch to an all-kangaroo diet. Would you eat kangaroo meat just because they produce negligible amounts of methane?

The other problem, which is just as big is the kangaroo-image, over Austsalian peopl. Changing the way people think is not going to be done overnight and certainly not just with ad campaigns because the kangaroo is actually, the national icon.

The study which revealed all these said that “using kangaroos to produce low-emission meat is an option for the Australian rangelands … and could even have global application,” said the study. Do you agree?

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A giant and dangerous snail from Africa has turned up in a street in Fuzhou China. Ecologists haven’t a clue how the slow moving critter made its way to the Middle Kingdom but they are reckoning it took a very long time. The spotted snail consumes fruits and veggies in large amounts and can single-handedly destroy a local agricultural industry…well, maybe not.

The snail does, however, host a pathogenic bacteria and parasites that will cause those who eat fruits or veggies that the not so little fellow have touched, can become infected with tuberculosis and meningitis. Meaning, if he doesn’t eat your veggies, he’ll splatter it with infestation that’ll get you. It is suspected that he came over on an import shipment accidentally.

“All I wanna do is go back home,” he said, “And I hope they don’t make me walk.”

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We have heard of puppy love, but what about horse love. When animals aren’t being protected, well, they protect one another.  A Chinese dudess took a mare out and tied it to a tree with the intention of shooting it when suddenly the mare’s stallion threw off its halter, rushed the dudess and went after her with its hooves. The result - the woman required two hours of surgery and 40 stitches to his face.

Take that, you horse face!

The woman had brought the stallion out the evening before to graze and drink along the riverside. The horses apparently had been mates for several years and weren’t ready to give up the relationship just yet.

Chen, the woman, will think twice before she takes the mare out again, I think.

So, this begs the question - how much love, affection, or even in this case, attachment, can animals feel? Have you or anyone you known experienced anything like this?

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The humpback whale was nearly hunted into extinction. The high risk of extinction no longer exists  says an environmental group - The International Union for Conservation of Nature.

“Humpbacks and southern right whales are making a comeback in much of their range mainly because they have been protected from commercial hunting. This is a great conservation success and clearly shows what needs to be done to ensure these ocean giants survive.”

The giant population dropped to the 1,000s before it was finally banned from commercial hunting. There are now more than 60,000. But, don’t tell Japan, they’ll be sharpening their harpoons.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Lists some 41,000 species and subspecies around the world.  The group is made up of more than 1000 government and non-government agencies. They also boast 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries. They also seem to be making a difference. Good job, fellas and gals!

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I suppose that if all stray dogs had a home, I’d be more happy about the news I read where an American woman had her dog cloned in South Korea at the world’s first commercial canine cloning service. The American woman’s pit bull, named Booger, has five puppies cloned. Seoul’s National University cooperated in the reproduction.

“It’s a miracle!” shouted the woman.

“It’s a miracle that people would waste money on such matters,” shouted Bill.

The name of the cloning service is RNL Bio. The company brought frozen cells from dead Booger, nurtured them and launched the formal cloning work. The American woman said she was attached to Booger because he had saved her life when she was attacked by another dog. But, Booger didn’t save her from stupidity.  Booger, to his credit beat out a dog that was three times his size. His master suffered a loss of one hand and injured leg nerves…and a loss of connection to the brain from her wallet, IMHO.

Nobody had better tell the woman that her dog actually had 6 clones. The sixth is being raised up for dinner.

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