A Cat’s Eye View of Writing

Written by on March 14, 2011 - 18 Comments
Categories: Animal Facts, Family, Writing

This is our new bundle of joy … Indiana Jones, Indie for short. It took us a couple of days to name this little guy, but after watching him bounce around the house and fly (yes, that’s the right word) off the furniture we figured his name fit his adventuresome nature. This little guy was [...]

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Oh Baby!

Written by on August 13, 2009 - 6 Comments
Categories: Animal Facts, Thursday Thirteen

I don’t know what inspired it, but this week is all about babies! Enjoy these 13 facts about various baby animals and the pictures that make you go “awwww”. 1. Baby pandas weigh only 4 ounces (130 grams) which is 1/900th of their parents’ weight of about 350 pounds (135 kgs). 2. Kangaroos are born [...]

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It's Pronounced Lob-stah

Written by on August 6, 2009 - 5 Comments
Categories: Animal Facts, Maine, Thursday Thirteen

Maine is the lobster capital of the world! (Well, Mainers believe that anyway.) But the recession has hit the market hard … very hard. So my thirteen this week is about the spiny creature of the sea–the lobster. I’m not sure if it will encourage you to have lobster at your next barbeque, but at [...]

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13 Weird Animal Facts

Written by on May 7, 2008 - 31 Comments
Categories: Animal Facts, Pictures, Thursday Thirteen

This week’s list of gross and weird animal facts and pictures are thanks to a google search which pulled up various websites. Yay Google! 1. When the horned toad gets really scared, it shoots blood out its eyes by increasing the blood pressure in its sinuses until they explode. The predator goes for the blood and the toad can get [...]

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