Chihuahua Scares Off Cougar

Awkward Smile · Inconsiderate Hardcore Lesbian

Because I always post the cute animal stories

pumpkinpjs · Tits and Grits

awes! dey ruv eachother!

Jason · Only in cartoons

Adorable, but nothing can compare to the elephant/dog couple.

Awkward Smile · Inconsiderate Hardcore Lesbian

Sophie the spaniel befriends baby owl Bramble

A baby owl is kept looking spruce thanks to her friend Sophie the spaniel, who licks her clean every day.

The pair have become inseparable since Bramble, the baby eagle owl, was taken in at a bird of prey centre.

Sophie, three, used her maternal nature to give Bramble a quick clean as a chick. Now the bird flies into the main house for a spruce-up every day and sits while Sophie licks her feathers and beak.

Conservationist Sharon Bindon, 43, who runs the bird of prey centre in Liskeard, Cornwall said: 'We have many birds of prey and Sophie has been brought up alongside all of them but they normally stay outside the house.

'But baby owls are born without feathers, so we had to keep Bramble indoors at first. On the first day of having her they were on the settee together and Sophie put her motherly instinct to work and began to clean her.

'From that day on Bramble has had the cleanest beak in the country.'
Ms Bindon added: 'Ever since Sophie first cleaned her, Bramble had flapped around to be let out of her cage each day so she can be washed again.

'Bramble has now stared to fly around and we've put her in the aviary but she swoops back all the time for a clean. It's a friendship that will last forever.'

MATHSEX · MASTER BATOR

i was rooting for the cougar

Chihuahua Scares Off Cougar

Philomath, OR -- A feisty Chihuahua from Oregon has proved that sometimes, size doesn't matter. The 10-pound dog scared off a neighborhood cougar with a heartfelt growl.

Meet Rosie and Chiquita. They could be the best barkers in the entire city of Philomath. They bark at the door, the gate, even the grass if it moves too quickly. They run out into the yard and they bark.

Each bark has a different tone. Some are playful, some defensive - but on Monday
night, Rosie's bark was one of panic.

"It sounded like she was in a lot of pain," said Lindsay Wingert, the dogs' owner.

Immediately, Chiquita went through the doggie door to investigate, as
Lindsay opened the blinds, trying to see what was wrong.

Pinning poor Rosie to the ground was a five foot long, 100 pound cougar.
Rosie was about to become a cat snack.

"I'm like oh my gosh. I had no idea what to do."

As the cougar let out it's best guttural growl - and as Lindsay grabbed the phone
for help - little Chiquita went to work.

With all one foot three inches, flexed for battle, her 10 pound frame let out
it's best attack dog imitation...and believe it or not...the cougar let little
Rosie go.

"I can't even imagine what it would have been like to see my dog get seriously
injured," said a relieved and thankful Wingert. Thanks to her tenacious pup, she won't have to.

Awkward Smile · Inconsiderate Hardcore Lesbian

No pictures?

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Homosexual behaviour is a nearly universal phenomenon in the animal kingdom, according to a new study.

The pairing of same sex couples had previously been observed in more than 1,000 species including penguins, dolphins and primates.

However, in the latest study the authors claim the phenomenon is not only widespread but part of a necessary biological adaptation for the survival of the species.

They found that on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, almost a third of the Laysan albatross population is raised by pairs of two females because of the shortage of males. Through these 'lesbian' unions, Laysan albatross are flourishing. Their existence had been dwindling before the adaptation was noticed.

Other species form same-sex bonds for other reasons, they found. Dolphins have been known engage in same-sex interactions to facilitate group bonding while male-male pairings in locusts killed off the weaker males.

A pair of "gay" penguins recently hatched an egg at a German zoo after being given the egg that had been rejected by its biological parents by keepers.

Writing in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Dr Nathan Bailey, an evolutionary biologist at California University, said previous studies have failed to consider the evolutionary consequences of homosexuality.

He said same homosexual behaviour was often a product of natural selection to further the survival of the species.

Dr Bailey said: "It's clear same-sex sexual behaviour extends far beyond the well-known examples that dominate both the scientific and popular literature for example, bonobos, dolphins, penguins and fruit flies.

"Same-sex behaviours courtship, mounting or parenting are traits that may have been shaped by natural selection, a basic mechanism of evolution that occurs over successive generations," he said.

"But our review of studies also suggests that these same-sex behaviours might act as selective forces in and of themselves."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5550488/Homosexual-behaviour-widespread-in-animals-according-to-new-study.html

Cuteee

Awkward Smile · Inconsiderate Hardcore Lesbian

-- Edited by Awkward Smile on Wednesday 17th of June 2009 02:18:57 AM

Jason · Only in cartoons

I want that dog to be my professor.

Andy001 · Spaghetti

Awkward Smile wrote:

-- Edited by Awkward Smile on Wednesday 17th of June 2009 02:18:57 AM

FANTASTIC.

pumpkinpjs · Tits and Grits

its really hard to concentrate on that own story with the picture being RIGHT THERE BEING SO ADORABLE. i still havent finished reading it