Tag: animals
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Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo and Wild Wolves
For the first time in a long while, Dan's been setting up new geocaches. Also: did you know that Oxford used to have a zoo? In Kidlington‽
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Harrier hawk flies between Dan's arms
While on lunch break from the MCGProjects conference in York, Jenny Townshend shoots footage of a harrier hawk flying through a loop made by the arms of Dan and some random tourist.
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In Zimbabwe, We Don't Cry for Lions
Winston-Salem, N.C. — MY mind was absorbed by the biochemistry of gene editing when the text messages and Facebook posts distracted me.
So sorry about Cecil.
Did Cecil live near your place in Zimbabwe?
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TIL the ancient Greeks used shocks from electric rays to numb the pain of childbirth and operations
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Found "Lucky number 7" in /r/pics, but here's a better home
AltCow with "7"-shaped marking on face
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Where'd it go!? [x-post from /r/funny]
AltCat pranked by video of another cat
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Owl in flight [x-post from /r/pics]
AltOwl in flight
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Kitten vs. wipers [x-post from just about everywhere, but we know it belongs here]
AltKitten chasing windscreen wipers
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Here, fishy fishy fishy...
AltFlying shark toy scaring a cat.
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Jersey
JTA, Dan, Ruth, and her mother take a long-weekend holiday to the island of Jersey, and nobody kills anybody.
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Hello 2013: Goodbye 2012
In a belated blog post, Dan looks back on 2012, and describes it as one of the hardest years of his life.
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MS Paint sloth [x-post from /r/funny]
AltMS Paint sloth
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Puppy Eating Time
Dan puts his foot in his mouth, and makes it sound like he was considering putting his boss's new pet puppy in there, too. But then everything turns out better than expected.
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Uncommon Occurances
I didn't sleep well; I woke up several times throughout the night. On the upside, I have a strong recollection of three distinct yet inter-related dreams:
Dream I: Alex and the Accident
I came into work as normal and spoke to Alex, my co-worker. He'd been in some sort of car accident in which he'd hit … -
Fry's Dog
Remember Jurassic Bark, Futurama series four, episode seven? It's the one in which Fry's dog, Seymour, left in the present-day when Fry gets cryogenically frozen and wakes up in the far future, sits outside the pizza parlour where Fry had worked, waiting for him to return. Turns out it's based on a true (sad) story, …