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Showing posts with label Gossip Corner - Animals Happening (not AK related). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gossip Corner - Animals Happening (not AK related). Show all posts
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Tired animals....... *YAWN*
Lion + Lowland Gorrila + Hippo Larry being Sleepy XD
~ Galleon Chua Ming Han
~ Galleon Chua Ming Han
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Black bear snapped using jacuzzi
A woman who discovered a giant black bear taking an early morning dip in her jacuzzi has captured the rare occurrence on camera.
Jenny Rhoades was watching television last Friday when she spotted the bear scaling the woods around her garden in Seminole County, Florida, before approaching the pool area uninvited.
Looking at this picture, the black bear appears to have clawed its way through the pool’s mosquito screen and wandered into the jacuzzi to take some relaxation time.
Unfortunately for the furry creature, its three-minute session in the family jacuzzi was interrupted after the homeowner tried to shoo it away.
Taking the hint, the audacious bear left through the torn hole in the screen. The woman also said that the bear left no unpleasant surprises behind in the jacuzzi.
Speaking about the bizarre sighting, the Sandford resident is reported to have said: “It was beautiful, it looked really healthy. The poor guy was just hot and thirsty, it was 90F (32°C) out there.”
Florida Fish and Wildlife claims there are so many black bears in the Florida state that they are considering taking them off the threatened species list.
Whether black bears are regularly sighted cooling-off in jacuzzis is another matter.
By Gaby Leslie | Yahoo! News – Thu, Jun 9, 2011
Jenny Rhoades was watching television last Friday when she spotted the bear scaling the woods around her garden in Seminole County, Florida, before approaching the pool area uninvited.
Looking at this picture, the black bear appears to have clawed its way through the pool’s mosquito screen and wandered into the jacuzzi to take some relaxation time.
Unfortunately for the furry creature, its three-minute session in the family jacuzzi was interrupted after the homeowner tried to shoo it away.
Taking the hint, the audacious bear left through the torn hole in the screen. The woman also said that the bear left no unpleasant surprises behind in the jacuzzi.
Speaking about the bizarre sighting, the Sandford resident is reported to have said: “It was beautiful, it looked really healthy. The poor guy was just hot and thirsty, it was 90F (32°C) out there.”
Florida Fish and Wildlife claims there are so many black bears in the Florida state that they are considering taking them off the threatened species list.
Whether black bears are regularly sighted cooling-off in jacuzzis is another matter.
By Gaby Leslie | Yahoo! News – Thu, Jun 9, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Man admits mailing hundreds of tarantulas
A cool GOLD card..red-kneed tarantula
LOS ANGELES - A German national who shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States through the mail has pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge, prosecutors said.
In pleading guilty on Tuesday, 37-year-old Sven Koppler admitted mailing some 247 live tarantulas to federal agents in Los Angeles, who were posing as buyers as part of an investigation dubbed "Operation Spiderman."
Koppler further admitted sending the agents 22 Mexican red-kneed tarantulas, a species of spider formally known as Brachypelma smithi that is protected under an international treaty.
Koppler, who lives in Wachtberg, Germany, faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on April 11, U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said.
Authorities say the investigation into Koppler began in March, when a routine inspection turned up about 300 live tarantulas in a package he mailed to Los Angeles.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents ordered more spiders from Koppler and were sent a total of five packages containing dozens of live and dead tarantulas.
He was arrested on December 2 after arriving in Los Angeles to meet with an associate.
Koppler received about $300,000 as a result of tarantula sales to spider fanciers in dozens of countries, including nine in the United States, according to court documents.
The Mexican red-kneed tarantula, which is native to Mexico, can grow to about 4 inches long, with a leg span of 6 inches, and has a dark body with orange patches on the legs, giving it the "red-kneed" appearance.
The spiders are considered docile and females can live for more than 20 years.
The Brachypelma genus of spider is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species because it is considered threatened, and can only be legally traded with permits from the exporting country.
Report By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES - A German national who shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States through the mail has pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge, prosecutors said.
In pleading guilty on Tuesday, 37-year-old Sven Koppler admitted mailing some 247 live tarantulas to federal agents in Los Angeles, who were posing as buyers as part of an investigation dubbed "Operation Spiderman."
Koppler further admitted sending the agents 22 Mexican red-kneed tarantulas, a species of spider formally known as Brachypelma smithi that is protected under an international treaty.
Koppler, who lives in Wachtberg, Germany, faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on April 11, U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said.
Authorities say the investigation into Koppler began in March, when a routine inspection turned up about 300 live tarantulas in a package he mailed to Los Angeles.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents ordered more spiders from Koppler and were sent a total of five packages containing dozens of live and dead tarantulas.
He was arrested on December 2 after arriving in Los Angeles to meet with an associate.
Koppler received about $300,000 as a result of tarantula sales to spider fanciers in dozens of countries, including nine in the United States, according to court documents.
The Mexican red-kneed tarantula, which is native to Mexico, can grow to about 4 inches long, with a leg span of 6 inches, and has a dark body with orange patches on the legs, giving it the "red-kneed" appearance.
The spiders are considered docile and females can live for more than 20 years.
The Brachypelma genus of spider is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species because it is considered threatened, and can only be legally traded with permits from the exporting country.
Report By Dan Whitcomb
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
A nice GOLD card ~ Mammoth (extinct elephant)
TOKYO (AFP) - – Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time.
The researchers will try to revive the species by obtaining tissue this summer from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian research laboratory, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.
"Preparations to realise this goal have been made," Akira Iritani, leader of the team and a professor emeritus of Kyoto University, told the mass-circulation daily.
Under the plan, the nuclei of mammoth cells will be inserted into an elephant's egg cell from which the nuclei have been removed, to create an embryo containing mammoth genes, the report said.
The embryo will then be inserted into an elephant's uterus in the hope that the animal will eventually give birth to a baby mammoth.
The elephant is the closest modern relative of the mammoth, a huge woolly mammal believed to have died out with the last Ice Age.
Some mammoth remains still retain useable tissue samples, making it possible to recover cells for cloning, unlike dinosaurs, which disappeared around 65 million years ago and whose remains exist only as fossils
Researchers hope to achieve their aim within five to six years, the Yomiuri said.
The team, which has invited a Russian mammoth researcher and two US elephant experts to join the project, has established a technique to extract DNA from frozen cells, previously an obstacle to cloning attempts because of the damage cells sustained in the freezing process.
Another Japanese researcher, Teruhiko Wakayama of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology, succeeded in 2008 in cloning a mouse from the cells of another that had been kept in temperatures similar to frozen ground for 16 years.
The scientists extracted a cell nucleus from an organ of a dead mouse and planted it into the egg of another mouse which was alive, leading to the birth of the cloned mouse.
Based on Wakayama's techniques, Iritani's team devised a method to extract the nuclei of mammoth eggs without damaging them.
But a successful cloning will also pose challenges for the team, Iritani warned.
"If a cloned embryo can be created, we need to discuss, before transplanting it into the womb, how to breed (the mammoth) and whether to display it to the public," Iritani said.
"After the mammoth is born, we will examine its ecology and genes to study why the species became extinct and other factors."
More than 80 percent of all mammoth finds have been dug up in the permafrost of the vast Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.
Exactly why a majority of the huge creatures that once strode in large herds across Eurasia and North America died out towards the end of the last Ice Age has generated fiery debate.
Some experts hold that mammoths were hunted to extinction by the species that was to become the planet's dominant predator -- humans.
Others argue that climate change was more to blame, leaving a species adapted for frozen climes ill-equipped to cope with a warming world.
source:http://sg.news.yahoo.com
TOKYO (AFP) - – Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time.
The researchers will try to revive the species by obtaining tissue this summer from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian research laboratory, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.
"Preparations to realise this goal have been made," Akira Iritani, leader of the team and a professor emeritus of Kyoto University, told the mass-circulation daily.
Under the plan, the nuclei of mammoth cells will be inserted into an elephant's egg cell from which the nuclei have been removed, to create an embryo containing mammoth genes, the report said.
The embryo will then be inserted into an elephant's uterus in the hope that the animal will eventually give birth to a baby mammoth.
The elephant is the closest modern relative of the mammoth, a huge woolly mammal believed to have died out with the last Ice Age.
Some mammoth remains still retain useable tissue samples, making it possible to recover cells for cloning, unlike dinosaurs, which disappeared around 65 million years ago and whose remains exist only as fossils
Researchers hope to achieve their aim within five to six years, the Yomiuri said.
The team, which has invited a Russian mammoth researcher and two US elephant experts to join the project, has established a technique to extract DNA from frozen cells, previously an obstacle to cloning attempts because of the damage cells sustained in the freezing process.
Another Japanese researcher, Teruhiko Wakayama of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology, succeeded in 2008 in cloning a mouse from the cells of another that had been kept in temperatures similar to frozen ground for 16 years.
The scientists extracted a cell nucleus from an organ of a dead mouse and planted it into the egg of another mouse which was alive, leading to the birth of the cloned mouse.
Based on Wakayama's techniques, Iritani's team devised a method to extract the nuclei of mammoth eggs without damaging them.
But a successful cloning will also pose challenges for the team, Iritani warned.
"If a cloned embryo can be created, we need to discuss, before transplanting it into the womb, how to breed (the mammoth) and whether to display it to the public," Iritani said.
"After the mammoth is born, we will examine its ecology and genes to study why the species became extinct and other factors."
More than 80 percent of all mammoth finds have been dug up in the permafrost of the vast Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.
Exactly why a majority of the huge creatures that once strode in large herds across Eurasia and North America died out towards the end of the last Ice Age has generated fiery debate.
Some experts hold that mammoths were hunted to extinction by the species that was to become the planet's dominant predator -- humans.
Others argue that climate change was more to blame, leaving a species adapted for frozen climes ill-equipped to cope with a warming world.
source:http://sg.news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Real LIGER in USA
"There’s a real LIGER in USA.
Check out today (8 Nov 10) news in Sin Min Daily News"
~ hnkang007
Check out today (8 Nov 10) news in Sin Min Daily News"
~ hnkang007
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Sperm whales socializing
A group of 14 sperm whales socializing in the ionian sea.
The sperm whale is the world's largest toothed predator. It also has the largest brain, the largest nose, and lives its life among a strongly bonded family group. These factors alone make sperm whales among the most fascinating creatures on Earth.
Although sperm whales are found around the globe, the Mediterranean sperm whales are classfied as 'endangered'.
This image is a screen shot taken on HD video for a documentary for a series of programs the author is producing about whales in the mediterranean sea.Enjoy!
Whale Trackers
Click here to learn more about Whale
The sperm whale is the world's largest toothed predator. It also has the largest brain, the largest nose, and lives its life among a strongly bonded family group. These factors alone make sperm whales among the most fascinating creatures on Earth.
Although sperm whales are found around the globe, the Mediterranean sperm whales are classfied as 'endangered'.
This image is a screen shot taken on HD video for a documentary for a series of programs the author is producing about whales in the mediterranean sea.Enjoy!
Whale Trackers
Click here to learn more about Whale
'Dude, it's a whale', says boy who rode sea giant (1/11/10)
SYDNEY (AFP) - – An Australian teenager who climbed onto a whale and rode on its back has said he never intended to hurt the animal and had been acting instinctively when he put his arms around the massive sea creature.
Sam Matheson, 14, said he was with a friend at Middleton Beach in Albany south of Perth when he saw the animal not far off the Western Australian coast and decided to take a closer look.
"I swam out to it and put my arms on it, sort of laid against it for about 20 or 30 seconds. I was out of the water from the waist up," the keen surfer told Perth's Sunday Times.
"It was like a leather texture, like a really smooth leather, really soft. It wasn't even scary, it was like, 'Dude, it's a whale'."
The teen said the whale, which he estimated to be about 14 metres (46 feet) long, did not even notice him until he laid on it.
"Then it lifted up its tail, it went under and it pulled me down at bit, but I was fine and I swam back to the rocks," he said.
Matheson said he did not realise that it was illegal or dangerous to swim within 30 metres of a whale and that he now regretted his actions.
"If I had known it was illegal I wouldn't have done it," he told the paper.
The story of the teen whale rider made headlines after a witness photographed the boy clambering on the southern right whale, prompting officials to warn the public that doing so was illegal and potentially fatal.
They said the teenager was lucky to have escaped injury and the incident could easily have ended tragically had he been in the way of a tail slap or breaching action.
Matheson was let off with a warning but harassing protected species carries a maximum fine of 10,000 dollars (9,890 US dollars) under environmental laws.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Black bear @ Singapore Street ?
This bear was spotted on at the bus stop along ulu pandan road....
A video of a strange, bear-like creature spotted along Ulu Pandan Road is creating a huge stir online.
The video — which was uploaded on citizen journalism site Stomp and which remains unverified — shows a blurry, dark shape standing over a bus-stop dustbin along Ulu Pandan Road.
When contacted by The New Paper, the person who uploaded the video, Philip3D, said he and his son were driving along the area when they saw what looked like “a big dog or some sort of creature”.
“‘After it caught sight of us and started heading our way, it made sense to drive off without hesitation,” he said, before adding it had been “a close shave”.
In the 11-second video, someone can be heard saying, “Eh, how come Singapore got bear one, ah?” before a hurried “let’s go, let’s go” as the creature looks in his direction.
Meanwhile, the Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) said on Wednesday that it is still seeking clearer pictures of the creature and more information from the public on the sighting.
According to the WRS, no bears have escaped from the premises of its parks, which include the Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari. The zoo is home to the Malayan sun bear and polar bear, and the sloth bear resides in the Night Safari.
WRS said it was unable to verify the authenticity of the bear sighting, adding, “To our knowledge, there has been no prior report of wild bear sightings in Singapore in recent times.”
And yet, footage of the mystery creature has definitely got Singaporeans talking.
Some netizens are speculating that the bear-like creature may in fact be a Binturong, also known as the Asian bearcat, that is native to the region. A specimen of the animal was found in Bukit Panjang and taken to the Singapore Zoo in 2004.
Bear, Binturong or a clever hoax, you be the judge.
The Truth....
"This is most likely a fake one, maybe a robotic bear because firstly, the bears kept in Singapore Zoo and Night Safari are the Polar Bear, Sun Bear and the Sloth Bear, but the Polar Bear is white, not black, and the Sun Bear is a small sized bear. Its tallest height is at a human’s waist, so it is definitely not a Sun Bear. The Sloth Bear is also a small sized bear, which is a little bit larger than the Sun Bear"
~ 988788
"its a costume, movement unnatural and the face and shape looks fake"
~ marshar23
"I think it's a fake! My reasons:
1) The Bear's jaw never seemed to changed it's position.
2) When was the last time a wild bear was spotted in Singapore?
3) The guy didn't sound scared at all.
4) If it was real, would the guy have gone soo close to a carnivore, film it for 10 seconds and then realise he was in danger?
5) The bear could've easily outrun him"
~ alvintankj
Unnecessary alarm caused by a bear ad campaign
Four police officers showed up at the scene.
12 employees from the zoo including these curators from Wildlife Reserves Singapore were out in force, armed with a tranquiliser gun.
This 'bear' was the cause of all the fuss. It was sighted at Ulu Pandan Road at 2am Monday morning.Time and energy were wasted when the 'bear' turned out to be a man in costume.The video of the 'bear' was actually part of Philips Electronics Singapore's new media marketing campaign for a shaver. The police is now investigating the case
Mr Marcus Huang, one of the men behind The Secret Little Agency's marketing campaign, and the 'bear' that was used to launch a new shaver.
Photo: The Secret Little Agency
News Report :
SINGAPORE - Sighted at Ulu Pandan Road at 2am Monday morning, the "bear" that had set curators from the Wildlife Reserves Singapore on a wild bear chase, turns out to be a man in costume, reported the Straits Times.
The local newspaper reported that the "bear" was a mascot that was part of a guerilla advertising campaign, commissioned by Philips Electronics Singapore, to launch a new shaver.
The electronics company had employed a social media agency, The Secret Little Agency, to film someone in a custom-made bear suit. The video was first uploaded on citizen journalism website STOMP by Philip3D who said he was driving along the road with his son when the spotted the animal near a dustbin.
According to a statement, Philips said it had anticipated that the bear would draw attention but it had no intention of causing alarm. However, it is also understood that the agency had not alerted any authorities about the campaign, though it did make enquiries as to whether a permit was required to wear an "animal mascot outfit".
The police is now investigating the incident. If what happened was an offence of public nuisance under Section 268 of the Penal Code, the company can by fined up to $1,000
*********************************************************
Philips, bear and pal are very sorry for any public concern when bear was spotted at bus stop on Ulu Pandan Road. Pal just wants the most advanced shave yet with the Philips SensoTouch 3D
~ Mr79coaster
A video of a strange, bear-like creature spotted along Ulu Pandan Road is creating a huge stir online.
The video — which was uploaded on citizen journalism site Stomp and which remains unverified — shows a blurry, dark shape standing over a bus-stop dustbin along Ulu Pandan Road.
When contacted by The New Paper, the person who uploaded the video, Philip3D, said he and his son were driving along the area when they saw what looked like “a big dog or some sort of creature”.
“‘After it caught sight of us and started heading our way, it made sense to drive off without hesitation,” he said, before adding it had been “a close shave”.
In the 11-second video, someone can be heard saying, “Eh, how come Singapore got bear one, ah?” before a hurried “let’s go, let’s go” as the creature looks in his direction.
Meanwhile, the Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) said on Wednesday that it is still seeking clearer pictures of the creature and more information from the public on the sighting.
According to the WRS, no bears have escaped from the premises of its parks, which include the Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari. The zoo is home to the Malayan sun bear and polar bear, and the sloth bear resides in the Night Safari.
WRS said it was unable to verify the authenticity of the bear sighting, adding, “To our knowledge, there has been no prior report of wild bear sightings in Singapore in recent times.”
And yet, footage of the mystery creature has definitely got Singaporeans talking.
Some netizens are speculating that the bear-like creature may in fact be a Binturong, also known as the Asian bearcat, that is native to the region. A specimen of the animal was found in Bukit Panjang and taken to the Singapore Zoo in 2004.
Bear, Binturong or a clever hoax, you be the judge.
The Truth....
"This is most likely a fake one, maybe a robotic bear because firstly, the bears kept in Singapore Zoo and Night Safari are the Polar Bear, Sun Bear and the Sloth Bear, but the Polar Bear is white, not black, and the Sun Bear is a small sized bear. Its tallest height is at a human’s waist, so it is definitely not a Sun Bear. The Sloth Bear is also a small sized bear, which is a little bit larger than the Sun Bear"
~ 988788
"its a costume, movement unnatural and the face and shape looks fake"
~ marshar23
"I think it's a fake! My reasons:
1) The Bear's jaw never seemed to changed it's position.
2) When was the last time a wild bear was spotted in Singapore?
3) The guy didn't sound scared at all.
4) If it was real, would the guy have gone soo close to a carnivore, film it for 10 seconds and then realise he was in danger?
5) The bear could've easily outrun him"
~ alvintankj
Unnecessary alarm caused by a bear ad campaign
Four police officers showed up at the scene.
12 employees from the zoo including these curators from Wildlife Reserves Singapore were out in force, armed with a tranquiliser gun.
This 'bear' was the cause of all the fuss. It was sighted at Ulu Pandan Road at 2am Monday morning.Time and energy were wasted when the 'bear' turned out to be a man in costume.The video of the 'bear' was actually part of Philips Electronics Singapore's new media marketing campaign for a shaver. The police is now investigating the case
Mr Marcus Huang, one of the men behind The Secret Little Agency's marketing campaign, and the 'bear' that was used to launch a new shaver.
Photo: The Secret Little Agency
News Report :
SINGAPORE - Sighted at Ulu Pandan Road at 2am Monday morning, the "bear" that had set curators from the Wildlife Reserves Singapore on a wild bear chase, turns out to be a man in costume, reported the Straits Times.
The local newspaper reported that the "bear" was a mascot that was part of a guerilla advertising campaign, commissioned by Philips Electronics Singapore, to launch a new shaver.
The electronics company had employed a social media agency, The Secret Little Agency, to film someone in a custom-made bear suit. The video was first uploaded on citizen journalism website STOMP by Philip3D who said he was driving along the road with his son when the spotted the animal near a dustbin.
According to a statement, Philips said it had anticipated that the bear would draw attention but it had no intention of causing alarm. However, it is also understood that the agency had not alerted any authorities about the campaign, though it did make enquiries as to whether a permit was required to wear an "animal mascot outfit".
The police is now investigating the incident. If what happened was an offence of public nuisance under Section 268 of the Penal Code, the company can by fined up to $1,000
*********************************************************
Philips, bear and pal are very sorry for any public concern when bear was spotted at bus stop on Ulu Pandan Road. Pal just wants the most advanced shave yet with the Philips SensoTouch 3D
~ Mr79coaster
Friday, October 1, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
STOP ! there's a Tiger in the luggage !
Photo by : Associated Press
Source: THE STRAITS TIMES (28/8/2010)
Freaky finds from the DEEP SEA...
This photo provided by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ,which carried out the expedition on the ocean floor off Indonesia ,shows a deep sea chimaera. Chimaeras are most closely related to sharks, although their evolutionary lineage branched off from sharks nearly 400 million years ago and they have remained an isolated group ever since
These 3 creatures were part of the colourful and diverse marine life the scientists found on the ocean floor. Scientists used a powerful sonar mapping system and a robotic vehicle to explore nearly 54,000 sq. km of sea floor.
Blog Master: Wow ! This is my 1st times seeing a fish with 2 "legs" ...."WALKING" on the sea floor ....really amazing !
Photo by : Associated Press
Story from : THE STRAITS TIMES (28/8/2010)
These 3 creatures were part of the colourful and diverse marine life the scientists found on the ocean floor. Scientists used a powerful sonar mapping system and a robotic vehicle to explore nearly 54,000 sq. km of sea floor.
Blog Master: Wow ! This is my 1st times seeing a fish with 2 "legs" ...."WALKING" on the sea floor ....really amazing !
Photo by : Associated Press
Story from : THE STRAITS TIMES (28/8/2010)
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