Carol’s Critter Corner: Thanksgiving Edition
Posted on November 26, 2008 by Carol
Surprise! In honor of Thanksgiving, I present you with the Critter Corner a full two days early. Gobble gobble.
A cold snap in New England has resulted in a high number of endangered sea turtles washing up on Cape Cod shores. Of the 30 turtles that have washed up so far, 19 were already dead. Volunteers on sea turtle patrol help get the live turtles, suffering from hypothermia, to the New England Aquarium, where staff members attempt to rewarm them.
Eleven members of a group of whales stranded on a Tasmania beach were successfully reunited with a larger pod in deep waters. Meanwhile, a couple in upstate New York found an injured monarch butterfly, splinted its wing, and shipped it down South to finish its migration.
An 89-year-old woman has too many birds. Neighbors have complained, and city officials told her she has 30 days to reduce her flock of chickens, quail, roosters, and pheasants from 80 to 16.
A tiny horse was born in Australia. Only 15 inches high, this little one could grow up to be the world’s smallest horse. Meanwhile, two 7-week-old white tiger cubs made their debut at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa.
Medical breakthrough! Sandcastle worms can save lives! Scientists are investigating the use of glue secreted by the worms in healing broken bones.
Why are dolphins so fast? They can exert up to 400 pounds of force with their tails.
Lizards use push-ups to communicate with each other.
Scientists have found a gene required for photosynthesis in the sea slug genome, meaning that the sea slug can make its own food out of solar energy, like plants do. Sounds pretty intelligent to me.
Finally, Japanese zookeepers were puzzled when a pair of polar bears wouldn’t mate, but the mystery was cleared up when they found out the male bear was actually female. Their suspicions were raised when the bear failed its driving test and confirmed when they caught the bear eating Ben and Jerry’s and talking about its feelings.
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