Category: Nature
On this day in 1874
Public service denouncement
This little bastard is Culex tarsalis, the mosquito most likely to spread West Nile virus in Canada.
Saint the surfin’ safari dog
I don’t know where Chipper found it, but apparently this dog has been surfing most of his life.
Wish I had a sense of balance.
Through the thistles thick and thin
Photo credit Tom McMurray.
Honey I’m Home
fwd from Chipper
More four legged wondrousness
Mules are supposed to be sterile.
That is one of the cutest baby animals I’ve ever seen. If I lived on a spread and was made out of money, I’d buy the baby and call him Impossible. This link also (like the previous pic) comes from Fark so it’s likely cookie city.
But ours is a love that can never be fulfilled….
Full marks if you get the movie reference.
Photo credit Getty. The little horse is called Thumbelina. She actually is more of a freak of nature than the big one, being a midget version of a miniature horse. The big one is Radar, he’s a Belgian draft horse and he hails from Texas, natch.
One of the many many things I’m thankful to my parents for…
is that they had a book by Bernard Heuvelmans called On the Track of Unknown Animals, which is about cryptids. Anyway, here’s a link to a picture from his study in Switzerland. I read the whole thing cover to cover about 100 times when I was a kid. It permanently set in me the desire to be a person to see a cryptid, which, unless I get to catch a Cadborosaurus, seems highly unlikely. Anyway, folks, if you want a laugh, check out what it would cost to replace the book these days. It’s been out of print since the sixties….
I got the link from dailygrail.com, which is part of my blogroll.
Death Cat
Is it the heated blanket, or does this cat know when people are dying?
It’s all about Katie
But my ass plays a supporting role. Taken at Bridal Veil Falls outside of Hope.
Oil line rupture
It’s been bally ages since I posted a decent moose pic
I like maps
Flash Earth. I really enjoyed zooming in and out of Vancouver.