Another rare monkey baby birth

Only the 12th of its species in a zoo in the United States, this crested capuchin was born last week at the Santa Ana Zoo.


Zookeepers don't know the baby's sex yet - but it sure is a little cutie!

Source: OC Register

Yes, it's news: Woman bites dog!

A Minneapolis woman bit a pit bull that was attacking her dog.

Amy Rice says she bit the pit bull on the nose while trying to separate the pit bull from her Labrador retriever, Ella.

The dog had jumped a fence to get into Rice's yard, and she feared the pit bull would kill Ella.

Source: AP

Wild Octopuses Have Complex Lives

Marine biologists studying wild octopuses have found a kinky and violent society of jealous murders and gender-bending tricks.

The new study was conducted by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, who journeyed off the coast of Indonesia. They found that wild octopuses are far from the shy, unromantic loners their captive brethren appear to be.

The scientists saw picky, macho males carefully select a mate, then guard their newly domesticated digs so jealously that they would occasionally use their 8-to-10-inch tentacles to strangle a romantic rival to death.

Source: National Geographic

New Product - Pet Tents



Although I haven't actually tried this product, I came across it recently. According to the manufacturer, when your pet enters the tent and lie on its buckwheat hull-filled pillow, they will feel safe, secure and special.

Many of the tent designs allow owners to use closable doors to replace their pet's kennel. Each is lightweight and easy to move and assemble. They can be found on www.pettents.com.

Two Dog Day

Three Dog Night is a phrase credited to an Aboriginal custom of sleeping next to a dog for body warmth. A three dog night would be so cold as to require extra canine warmth. Well, yesterday I had what I'm going to call a Two Dog Day. So gloomy I needed an extra dog for comfort. We all know dogs can do that for us. Some days, I guess, are just more trying than others. I try to accept that, and hope for a better day today.
I like the thoughts of a speaker I heard at a Women of Faith conference a few years ago. Thelma Wells shared these words:
"God, open the doors I need to go through today.
Close the ones I don't.
Put people in my path I need to see today.
Get people out of the way I don't."
She's got the right attitude!