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animal magnetisms

Pet Sounds: Winston Makes Weird Noises

FourFour's (and Pot Psychology's) Rich Juzwiak has this cat Winston. You may know of him. He's very weird, in the best way possible. He's barely a cat, which I think — being a dog person — is why I like him. He's kind of like a living Mogwai. But in this video that Rich made of Winston's "noises," he's also kind of a cross between a bird and a magical creature from a Hayao Miyazaki movie. Happy Friday!

My Cat Chirps [FourFour]

11:00 AM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Slut Machine
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Latest by gretchitude: @gretchenhotashell: Upon further review, someone a while back was correct when they said he's a Himilayan.... which is a pointed persian. He's not a shorthair, otherwise why would he be shaved for the summer? Drrr. more »

Dog Days Of Summer Tuesday, 6:32pm. Anna: "OMG". Tracie: "OMG". Readers: Go here. [BestWeekEver]

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animal magnetisms

Snowflake: The White Gorilla

That episode of Nature featuring Snowflake the white gorilla that we told you about finally reran this weekend. It was so good. Try to watch this clip and not crave a baby gorilla as a pet. Snowflake had such an interesting life, since he was born right around the time that serious studies on the intelligence of primates was kicking off. Snowflake's coloring—a genetic disorder akin to being albino—saved his life (he wasn't killed by hunters in Africa, because they recognized the rarity of a white gorilla). But it's also the same thing that killed him: Being so light made him vulnerable to the sun, and he died at the age of 40 from skin cancer. Clip above.

2:30 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Slut Machine
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Latest by Stellanova: @hortense: My cat is snow white and had to get the tips of her ears amputated a few years ago because, like many white-furred (and skinned) creatures, she was developing skin cancer. She made a full recovery and now we more »

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Pig In Boots! Behold: something so cute you could not even have conceived of it. British piglet Cinders (named for Cinderella!) is scared of mud — a condition called mysophobia — and wears two teeny tiny little pairs of Paddington Bear wellies to protect her trotters. Her owners, Yorkshire pig farmers Andrew and Debbie Keeble, say Cinders will be spared from the sausage factory (literally): "She's more of a pet really now and she's going to live a very long and happy life," instead serving as a mascot for the Farm Crisis Network, which supports struggling farmers. We love her. [BBC News]

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first world problems

When Puppy Meets Roomba, Things Get Spicy

Is it animal cruelty to create viral YouTube videos of puppies' confrontations with Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners? What about watching them? A front page piece in today's Wall Street Journal examines that probing ethical dilemma, as well as numerous more practical ones, such as: How do you get a puppy to stop attacking a Roomba? (Answer: scold it, "Bad Roomba!" if it gets too close to the dog's bed.) What if the robot in question is a $3000 Aibo robotic puppy and the assailants are cats? Aibo aficionado Olivette Turbeville of Laramie, Wyoming has the answer:
"I wanted not a single tooth mark on the dog," says Ms. Turbeville, 54. Her solution: a paste of cayenne pepper and Cholula Hot Sauce, which she painted on its tail. The cats still sniff the Aibo's backside. "They just can't help it. But they never, ever bite him anymore."
WHERE DO THEY FIND THESE PEOPLE? Suffice it to say, cute puppy-technology faceoff video, with clips from Puppy vs. Robot! Epic Battle for Territorial Domination, after the jump. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Moe
4,740 views, 76 comments

Latest by n/a: @sadiem: I still say that this is not what I am looking for when I read the Wall Street Journal. Seems more like a lifestyle features piece for some crappy local paper. Newspapers everywhere are cutting back their staff, and more »

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Every Time You Eat A Doughnut, An Orangutan Dies

The adorable apes you see at left may be homeless because of your junk food habit or your hair conditioner. The problem? Palm oil. As Glenn Hurowitz explains in the Los Angeles Times, palm oil "comes from the disappearing, ultra-carbon-rich rain forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, of which a whopping 25,000 square miles have been cleared and burned to make way for palm oil plantations. The burning releases enough carbon dioxide into the air to rank Indonesia as the No. 3 such polluter in the world. It also destroys the last remaining habitat for orangutans." We've previously posted about palm oil in Oreos (dammit!) and Girl Scout cookies (crap!), but, Hurowitz reports, it can also be found in many other foods: Entenmann's chocolate-covered doughnuts, Chewy Chips Ahoy!, Orville Redenbacher's popcorn, Hershey's Kisses "Hugs," and Twix. Oh, well, that stuff isn't healthy anyway, right? More »

3:20 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Dodai
8,323 views, 139 comments

Latest by LoveHandles: This gets to the crux of the issue about these environmental quandries: regulation is the only solution. We can't be expected to walk around with a complex, never-ending litany of things we cannot buy for various different, often overlapping and more »

Happy Birthday to Jenny the gorilla. Jenny, who turned 55 today, lives in the Dallas Zoo and is the oldest living gorilla in captivity. For her birthday, her caretakers brought the 210-lb beauty a frozen fruit cake. And many more, Big Girl! [CBS News]

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Queen Elizabeth Likes Horses, Not Hermès

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cat fancy

Two Girls, One Cup? Meet Two Cats, One Treadmill

I don't know about you, but this is just what I needed today. Two cats. One treadmill. Good times! Video begins above.


When The News Day Is Slow We'll Always Have 2 Cats On A Treadmill [Best Week Ever]

4:30 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Jennifer
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Bill Maze is out to get those Golden Staters who like to play 'Sean Preston' with their pets. The Assemblyman is angling to make it illegal for Californians to drive with pets in their laps, arguing that the critters are distractions and make for less-than-safe road conditions. Question: When Paris drives with all of her pups, can she get in the HOV lane? [CNN]

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Back in 2005, a bald eagle (later named "Beauty") was found near-death and scavenging for food in an Alaskan landfill; her beak had been shot off, leaving her virtually unable to eat, drink, and clean herself. But a team of biologists who run a bird rescue and recovery center in Idaho think they have at last developed a prosthetic beak that will once again allow Beauty to eat on her own, without the aid of a human helper. While her new beak still won't allow her to re-enter life in the wild, the team is confident that the appendage will allow the 5-year old to reach the grand old age of 70, at least. [Wired]

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Props to New York, which just became the first state in the nation to ban the electrocution of animals for the purpose of harvesting their fur. [MSNBC]

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Animal Magnetisms We just couldn't wait until tomorrow's TGIF picture slot to coo over the three lion cubs making their first public appearance at the Fuji Safari Park in Shizuoka, Japan. The cubs are five weeks old, — still too young to chew meat, and have yet to be named. (Might we suggest Naomi, Linda, and Cindy? Well, that or Clarissa Dalloway, Septimus Smith, and Sally Stephens?) After the jump, video of the winsome trio. (Click on picture to see.) [Reuters]

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Nightcaps Ladies, did you miss our 'Past Fashion: Pets' post from earlier? If so, you missed out. In addition to the animals — cats, dogs, hamsters, cows, a chimpanzee — there are some awesome fashions and hairstyles from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and yes, 90s on display. Here's Gallery 1, and here's Gallery 2. And remember: you can comment on the main post itself or give commenter love on the individual picture pages.

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past fashion

When Animals Attract: Your Cuddly Childhood Creatures

As I've said before, adopting a pet is perhaps the most masochistic thing we humans can do to ourselves. We develop affection, friendship, and unconditional love for our companion animals, all with the knowledge that we will be completely bereft and broken-hearted when we (inevitably) outlive them. But the upside of that total buzzkill (sorry) is that those of us who grew up alongside animals are lucky to have experienced those emotions; through them, we were given the tools to cope with love and loss, specifically, the ability to understand that just because loved ones are out of our lives, the impacts they made remain. So it goes with this month's Past Fashion feature, which focuses on pictures of Jezebel readers and their childhood pets and is jam-packed with warm, fuzzy feelings. (Someone had a kitten named Jezebel! Some of you had farm animals! One girl was lucky enough to have a monkey!) A gallery of the kids and their cute critters, after the jump. More »

3:00 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Slut Machine
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Latest by Librarietta: @joolz: haha, believe it or not I am laughing! All these pictures of me around 2-3 years old I appear to be screaming, but my mom says I was laughing... more »

Reminders Don't forget: For the April installment of our 'Past Fashion' feature, we're looking for pics of readers and the pet(s) they had as kids. Send your snaps to photos@jezebel.com.and put "Past Fashion - Pets" in the subject header of your email and let us know where and when the pic was taken, as well as your pet's name. We will be accepting submissions until midnight tonight, April 18, and specifically want childhood photos of readers with their pets, warm and cold-blooded.

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Fat Cat This kitty's name is Orazio and he's super chubs, weighing in at 35 lbs! He's being hailed as the real-life Garfield, and since he lives in Italy, we're sure he also loves lasagna (and hates Mondays). [Ananova via Neatorama]

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