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Saturday, 29 September 2012

GARGOYLES

Posted on 06:27 by Unknown
Gargoyles are very fierce-looking creatures that like to sit on the roofs of old buildings such as cathedrals.  They are pretty scary, but they are usually made out of stone, so they cannot actually attack you and eat you.  What they might do, though, is break off and fall down on you, in which case, you would be smashed like a bug. Roman gargoylesThe ancient Greeks and Romans and Egyptians were the first people to have gargoyles, and the...
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012

SIAMESE CATS

Posted on 07:13 by Unknown
Most people know a Siamese cat when they see one, and this is because the breed has been around for a very long time, and it is very popular.  Siamese cats came from the country of Siam, which is now called Thailand.  When Siam changed its name, maybe the name of the cats should have been changed to Thailander cats, but it wasn't, probably because everybody was already more used to saying "Siamese cats."In the Thai language, this breed...
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Monday, 24 September 2012

MORE MISINFORMATION

Posted on 06:34 by Unknown
A few weeks ago -- or maybe it was a few months ago -- I wrote a post about some misinformation that I found in The Dictionary of Misinformation, by Tom Burnam.  And now I think it's time to inform you about some more things you might have been misinformed about.Misinformation #1:  Maybe you remember that song by Mr. Stephen Foster called "The Old Folks at Home," where Mr. Foster talks about the Swanee River.  Except that there isn't...
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Friday, 21 September 2012

AND THEN THERE WERE ONLY THREE....

Posted on 06:30 by Unknown
Remember how we used to have five foster kittens?  Well, now we only have three.  I wish I could tell you that two of them got adopted, and that's why we only have three left, but the real story is much sadder than that.  So if you are a person who gets sad easily, you might want to have your tissues handy.Anyway, first of all, there was little Mickie who, as you probably remember, was rejected by her mother, so we thought maybe something...
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Thursday, 20 September 2012

ADOPT-A-LESS-ADOPTABLE-PET-WEEK

Posted on 06:55 by Unknown
This whole week, which started on Monday and will end on Sunday, is Petfinder's Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week.  So I thought it would be a great chance for me to tell you about some pets that you might want to adopt here in the Kansas City area.  Or if you live someplace else, you can also adopt a less-adoptable pet, just by going to your local shelter or rescue group.  Because sadly, there are always lots of dogs and cats that people...
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Tuesday, 18 September 2012

A DOG NAMED KABANG

Posted on 06:44 by Unknown
This is the true story of a very brave doggy heroine who lives in the Philippines.  Her name is Kabang, which means "spotty" in the Visayan language.  In December of 2011, Kabang saved two young girls who were about to get hit by a motorcycle, but when she did that, Kabang herself got hurt very badly.The Rudy and Christina Bunggal found Kabang when she was just a little stray puppy, and they made her a part of their family.  The Bunggals...
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Saturday, 15 September 2012

LLAMAS

Posted on 05:53 by Unknown
A llama at the KC ZooLlamas are like the South American version of a camel, except they don't have humps.  Also, they are shorter than camels, and you can't ride them unless you are a little kid.  A full-grown llama is between 5.5 and 6 feet tall, if you measure from the top of its head, and it weighs from 280 to 450 pounds.People who live in the Andes have used llamas for centuries as pack animals.  A llama can carry about 50 or 75...
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