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10-07-2007, 03:49 AM | #1 |
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Awesome Animal News!
Here we can post articles and pix of stories about animals in the news! And today's headlines belong with the wonderful Jack Hanna trying to get through an airport with his friends a baby leopard, a young flamingo and a mongoose. How I've always loved Jack Hanna... Oh - - And PLEASE, please post pix whenever possible, and even extinct animals are welcome, like the cool new dinosaur recently discovered in Utah, or whatever animal you have just heard about and would like to share with us.
Here: (SOURCE http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/17/fla....ap/index.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Animal expert Jack Hanna and an 11-month-old flamingo became trapped while trying to squeeze through an airport security turnstile. It took firefighters to finally get the flamingo out. Hanna, the director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and a frequent guest on nationally televised talk shows, was returning from a zoo fundraiser with a mongoose, a small leopard and the flamingo. Three other people were with them. The entourage arrived at the Ohio State University Airport just after midnight Sunday to find the terminal closed. The only way to leave the tarmac was through a 10-foot-tall metal turnstile with several horizontal bars -- not the easiest exit to squeeze through when you're traveling with boxed-up animals, Hanna said. "I never thought about the crate being square and the turnstile being round," he said. Hanna, 60, pushed the flamingo's 2-foot-by-3-foot compartment into the turnstile, then continued pushing while straddling the crate. "I was stuck like a worm. My eyes were as big as grapefruits," he said. "I can't describe the feeling in my stomach. I can't move up or down. The bars are on your face." Hanna said he eventually squirmed free, leaving the flamingo still wedged inside and everyone else trapped on the tarmac. He then walked to a nearby fire station for help. It took three firefighters to hoist the flamingo's crate up and out of the turnstile, he said. Columbus fire department logs show the firefighters arrived at the airport at 12:30 a.m. for a "flamingo rescue," spokeswoman Kelly McGuire said. Hanna joked that the next time he flies through the airport, the biggest animal he'll bring is a gerbil. For a Flamingo Rescue!!!! If that's not the bomb, I just don't know what is.
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10-10-2007, 11:06 AM | #2 |
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Does it have to be in the news? I found this on YouTube, it is so cute! (despite the alarming name) http://youtube.com/watch?v=veVX_3fAqEM
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10-10-2007, 10:24 PM | #3 |
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Oh, YES, yes YouTube animal stuff is perfectly welcomed and happily enjoyed! Thanks so much for adding to the thread, TolkienFan! Thanks, baby - now I gotta check out the link -
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10-10-2007, 11:13 PM | #4 |
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This is youtube and it's not news, but I figured you guys might like it.
FUNNY
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10-10-2007, 11:17 PM | #5 |
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YES!! Hell yes, that was so awesome, Nautipus, thanks for the link!
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10-10-2007, 11:25 PM | #6 |
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Also not news - it's a blog about a girl who has a pet anteater - I just LOVE some of the antics that critter gets up to!
http://taqmanduagirl.blogspot.com/
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HAHAHA! That is so funny!!! Loves it! I love the silly things kitties do. I have awesome animal news! I got a new baby kitty, and she is full bred, 100% white persian, with dual eyes green and white. We named her Coconut... Awe... And I got four new duckies, they are Rouens and they are adjusting well to our other ducks, they are all making friends. And hopefully next season, some baby ducklings...
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10-12-2007, 09:01 AM | #8 |
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Persian kittens
I dont know why but I like this vid, (probably because they all look like my cats) Its cheezy though. I love the persians! They look so funny!
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Lotesse, that's absolutely amazing news about the tiger! Good on that farmer for taking pictures. Usually farmers don't like predators.
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10-19-2007, 01:18 AM | #10 |
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O.K. this I had to share with someone! If this doesn't banish any blues you might have, or freeze your face into a giggling hard-core smile for the next five minutes or longer, then nothing could, I mean this is AWEsome animal news! It is Snowball the Dancing Parakeet, he is an amazingly gifted dancer, you will be blown away! You will not be disappointed. This, you gotta see...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7IZm...elated&search=
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12-19-2007, 02:05 PM | #11 |
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You read the Dutch news? That is... unexpected
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Hehe.. No, actually I don't.. One of my friends is Dutch, he sent me the link.
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12-19-2007, 04:19 PM | #13 |
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Ah, makes sense
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Still, it's very cute. I wonder if they'd make good pets. Personally I'm quite fond of the usual sorts of pet rats, and they don't need too much space. Hahaha, great risks, but with the possibility of great reward.
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Meh, give me a street smart tomcat anyday of the week over that thing. Either that or a Maine Coon.
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That's an expensive cat!
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Yes but she IS a beauty. Still, I would settle for any cat that can steal my heart by just looking at me. They eyes are what matters anyhow.
This one took my heart away just fine Look at those calm eyes. Beautiful! Sorry, I'm obsessed I know
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If only it had a jungle in the background instead of a chain-link fence...
(I don't have anything against zoos, I just think it would make a better picture.)
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I just can't see the beauty in that.
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Yes it would, but it is his expression that draws me to him. And trust me, I've seen many many pictures, but this is one of the best expressions I've ever seen.
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