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Category Archives: Animals
Monday’s Hero
Fred, the Labrador retriever, adopts Dennis, the duckling, whose mother was mauled to death by a fox.
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The Truth About The Easter Rabbit
5 Facts about Rabbits from Smithsonian: Giant Rabbits
In celebration of the annual spring appearance of the Easter bunny on Sunday, April 8, Smithsonian Science offers these facts from Rabbits: The Animal Answer Guide, a new book by John Seidensticker, conservation scientist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, and Susan Lumpkin, freelance writer…
2. Scientists studying the bones of an extinct giant rabbit found on the Mediterranean island of Minorca estimate this prehistoric animal weighed as much as 31 pounds! The largest rabbits alive today– domestic breeds such as the Flemish giant–weigh 22 pounds at most.
– Image: A reconstruction of a giant Minorcan rabbit is shown next to a modern European rabbit. (Image by Meike Köhler)
(via: Smithsonian)
Friday’s Monarch
Monarch (by Ennuipoet * FreeVerse Photography)
The Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada down the east coast of the US every spring. Since we are midway (Mid-Atlantic), sometimes we are lucky and some stay all summer in our butterfly bushes. – DogDaz
Thursday’s Victoria Crowned Pigeon
victoria crowned pigeon (photo by studyjunkie)
DogDaz Zoo 