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He is one lucky cat!
This cat whose legs were chopped off in a farming accident has been given a new bionic pair, in a ground-breaking feline first in Britain.

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Have you heard the story of the strange animal called vacheval? It was said that vacheval was a cross breed between a cow and a horse. It derived its name from the French word "vache" meaning cow, and "cheval" meaning horse. It looks like a small horse with two horns on its head (somewhat like a unicorn) with a body that looks more like a cow. It is talked about in the UK today by environmentalists in relation to CO2 reducing transportation and that it could be the answer to future environmental issues facing man-kind since today’s modern transportation and other modern technology has increased the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. A video shot in 1963, which is previously unseen reported footage from Belgique Television shows the existence of vacheval and how it was reared as a form of CO2 reducing transportation. In the video below you can see the vachevals on their first test-deliveries-bringing croissants to mountaineers on Mont Blanc, bringing some water to thirsty cyclists, delivering cold beer to boules players in Bruges and more.

But in spite of their uses, no one actually knows if they still exist. There are also rumors that they live now in a special retreat in the Alps while others say they fled Europe in search of work. Until now, no one knows what had happened to vachevals, which could be the future CO2 reducing transportation.

Are those pandas and a tiger?
Nope! They are dogs dyed to look like pandas and a tiger. They played at the Dahe Pet Civilization Park in Zhengzhou, Henan province June 8, 2010. According to the local media, the park bought the Golden Retriever dyed to resemble a tiger and four Chow Chows dyed to resemble pandas from a pet market in Sichuan as an attempt to attract visitors. They also resemble the Asian country's endangered wildlife.

At first glance you might think that these cute creatures are a tiger and a baby panda. They are actually dogs dyed to resemble a tiger and a panda and can be seen at the Dahe Pet Civilization Park in Zhengzhou, Henan province to attract visitors. Would you like your dog to be dyed like them?

Would you love to adopt a pet? It's really nice to have a pet at home. For some, it makes them feel relaxed sometimes when they are stressed from work playing and cuddling with them. If you are alone in your home or apartment it would be nice to have a pet as a companion or if you are patient why not teach them some tricks. Also, if you have kids they will surely love to play with them. One of my friends is looking for a pet online. I suggested that she visit Petango.com. I advised her to adopt a cat, since she would love to own a cat. Petango.com is a real-time searchable database of pets in need of loving homes. There are thousand of pets at Petango.com looking for the perfect home and maybe you are one of those who can welcome them and give them the loving home they are looking for. Plus you can also help decrease the strain on animal welfare organizations currently housing these pets. Pets like cats and dogs at Petango.com are cared for at reputable shelters throughout North America. Finding a pet at Petango.com is pretty easy. You just need to choose the state and city where you are located, type your postal code, and find a pet you would love to adopt. By the way you can follow Petango on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/petangopets, or at Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/petango.

I am so impressed with the good cause and the mission of Petango.com to support the adoption of pets who need a loving home, as well as in assisting animal welfare organizations in finding homes for these pets and facilitate families looking for pets. I suggest you also support the great mission of Petango.com - Adopt a cat!.

Does the snake look real at first glance? ^_^ Up close it really looks real!
While we were strolling at the River's Edge area of the St. Louis Zoo in Missouri, we saw this fake snake along with it's eggs. I'm afraid of it the first time I saw it as it looks real plus it was positioned at the grassy area. Ssssssss.....

I took this picture last week while my husband and I are talking outside the house. There are several deer here in our place and sometimes we can see them eating grass in the yard. Even though they are wild deer it's so nice to look at them just roaming around and eating grasses. Scenery like this makes me feel close to nature and feel relaxed aside from the ducks, fish, and turtles swimming in the pond that I see everyday. By the way, sorry for the blurry picture since I just zoom my camera to take a picture of it. I don't want to walk near them because they might be scared and run away.

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Do you know that male deer of all species except for the Chinese water deer shed and grow new antlers each year? Yes! just wanted to share that with you ^_^. Most male deer are called bucks while the females are called a doe in accordance to it's species as well to it's size. The young deer are mostly called a fawn. The group of deer is called a herd. Deer is the same in the plural as in singular. Just like the term fish. If you are talking about more than 1 fish of the same species it's "fish" but if you are talking about more than one species of fish then it's "fishes". Other nouns with identical singular and plural are moose, sheep, salmon, trout and swine. Ok class, see you next time. L.O.L!

Have you seen suicidal ducks? l.o.l ! ^_^ Watch this video that I took few days ago at the backyard. Or maybe they are having a breath-holding contest? Whoever can hold their breath longer wins!(just kidding)
Which among the four ducks do you think won?

Do you remember the children's show "BATIBOT"? I enjoyed watching this children's television program when I was still a kid back in the place where I live (Philippines). BATIBOT is to the Philippines what SESAME STREET is to the U.S. This show is very educational and I love to watch it even it was replayed several times. It used both English and Filipino as the media of communication of teaching children but the show became a completely Filipino language eventually. One of my favorite BATIBOT casts is Pong Pagong. He is a clumsy, pink full-body turtle wearing a baseball cap. I like the way he sings, dance and laugh! ^_^.
How about you, do you still remember Pong Pagong? It will reveal your age if you know who he is!haha! ^_^

Anyway,while I was looking at the pond yesterday, I again saw turtles swimming in it. I decided to take a video. Enjoy watching our Pong Pagong and his lover! ^_^

A while ago as I was watching the ducks in the pond, I saw them being suicidal!(l.o.l). I will share with you the video that I took as soon as I upload it.

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Do you see two turtles swimming in the pond? I took this picture a few days ago at our backyard. I am fond of looking at the pond because aside from ducks, there are turtles (they are not snapper turtles) and fish swimming in it.