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I have long believed the hypothesis that dinos and birds are related. Ten years living with a Goffins cockatoo convinced me. For those of you who have not had that pleasure–you have intact walls and furniture, so don’t gripe–you’ll have to come to your own conclusions.
Today ABC News ran a story that the protein found […]

Despite the wind and hair, I snagged a fly.

Kuranes was chastising me again the other day for not writing about my life. Specifically, why I wrote primarily about introspective stuff. He’s right. So, I will try to write about some other stuff.
The weather here has been strange. For weeks it was getting warmer–spring weather–up to the 80s a few days. For the last […]

Wolves and ravens have a symbiotic relationship. Ravens can find carcases from the air and lead the wolves. Raven beaks and talons often can’t break through hide, so the birds can’t get the meat. The wolves have no problem with this matter. Once the carcase is broken open, then the ravens can eat also.
We have […]

…”canine hairball”.
Canine Hairball Google Search
Look at that. Hit #1 of four! And I have a picture of a canine hairball, too, not just a description. (Yes, the vet thought I was nuts. Yes, my coworkers thought I was nuts. You may agree with them, too. I don’t mind.) Here’s the post itself.
Ah. The wonders of […]

My friend Kuranes sent me a BBC News story on an African Grey parrot with an outstanding contextual vocabulary and an obvious sense of humor.
He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which his existing repertoire cannot cope - just as a human child would do.

Kuranes no […]

I realized that I was starting to cough the other day. It’s my usual winter cough, so customary that I don’t have any awareness of it.
So what clued me in? The bird was mimicking me.

Gosh she’s good. She has the whole wheezing, hacking winter asthma cough down. She nailed it her first time through our […]

Here is the spider I’ve been playing with when I’ve been on the back patio. It lives in the tube of a chair; if I blow on the web, it scurries inside the tube. Today I decided it was a good choice for the picture of the day.
I have no idea what kind of spider […]