Category Archives: Animal news

Animal news: question surrounding kidnapped lemur

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Naomi

Sent to me by Ellen Kaye and reported in The Guardian, which asks the essential and maybe unanswerable question: “Why would anyone kidnap a lemur?” The lemur was recovered; the kidnapper charged. But really…

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Animal news: a very, very strange sea creature

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Naomi

No, not a slug. Slugs were so yesterday. Today, we have this astonishing thing with tons of nasty teeth and a heritage that goes back to Jurassic Park. No, no. I misspoke (one of my least favorite idiocies); I meant … Continue reading →

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Animal mysteries of life: naked mole rats

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Naomi

This one, from Harper’s Findings, caused my mouth to drop open: DNA can be sampled from the air of a room in which naked mole rats have been dwelling. It’s from Harper’s Weekly Review, of course, but I have some … Continue reading →

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