December 2008
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Another Bunny Slipping
Around Christmas, there were some rabbit tracks in the snow by my parents house. They’ve had wild rabbits show up and eat their flowers from time to time, but in the snow you could see very clearly that the rabbit hopped up toward our house and when it reached the driveway, it slipped on the ice beneath the fresh powder. I don’t have a video of that to show you, but I thought...
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New and Improved Bunnies
If somebody tasked you with building a better bunny, what would you do? Make them smaller, perhaps? That’s probably what I’d do, but fortunately, they already exist. They’re called pygmy rabbits and they’re the smallest rabbits in North America. They’re endangered in the Columbia Basin, but fortunately the good old Oregon Zoo has a few to show us. Check them out:...
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This Week in Puppy News
NBC’s Nightly News takes any excuse it can get to show puppies on its program. Aside from mentioning Puppy Cam for at least the third time, there actually was a lot of puppy news this week. Lester Holt sets us off on a roundup of the good stories: And then there’s this video released by the White House, crediting Barney with all the Christmas decorations. I wouldn’t be...
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Futility
One of the most adorable things about animals is the inability to recognize a pursuit as futile. Another is the inability to distinguish things you’re attached to from things you should chase and kill. Sometimes, a clever owner sets up a situation where both of these can be maximized for my enjoyment. And enjoy it I shall.
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King For 46 Seconds
This has gotten a lot of play around “the tubes” recently, and it was sent to me by friend of CAZ Rosina. Although Roomba has a rich history with pets (usually they hate it), this cat finally found out what it’s real purpose is: a meandering (meowndering?) chauffeur. Looks like fun, actually. I wish I was cute and only weighed a couple pounds.