VAMPIRE BATS!

Today is Halloween, so that means I get to write about some spooky, creepy subject such as vampire bats.  The main reason why vampire bats seem so creepy is because they only eat BLOOD.  They don't eat fruits or vegetables or muffins, which seems like a very unbalanced diet, but I guess it works for them.There are actually three kinds of vampire bats, and they are called the common vampire bat, the hairy-legged vampire bat, and the white-winged...

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REALLY WEIRD NAMES FOR PETS

The people who sell VPI pet insurance see lots of names of dogs and cats on insurance claims forms, so they know what names people are using.  And every year, VPI publishes lists of the most popular dog and cat names.  I have written about this before, and if you want to know more, you can read this post and this other one.   But I think the most popular names are pretty boring, so here's a more interesting list that VPI put together...

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MOM BUYS SOME ROCKS

In my opinion, it's totally dumb to pay good money for rocks, when you can just find them lying around in lots of places on the ground.  But a long time ago I gave up trying to understand some of the dumb things humans do.  Anyway, on Wednesday Mom went to a place called House of Rocks, and while she was there, she bought some rocks, because that's why she went there in the first place, to buy rocks.Mom knew exactly what kind of rocks she...

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THE CONGO RIVER

Last week when I wrote about that old photo from the Congo that Mom bought, I saw a bunch of pictures online of the Congo River, and I was shocked to see how humongous this river really is.  Then I got to thinking about my distant basenji ancestors and cousins that live in the Congo area, and I figured that some of them might have even seen this river in person.  Which led me to come up with the theory that the whole reason why basenjis...

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AN UPDATE ON OUR FOSTER KITTIES

Our three kittens are now 12 weeks old.  Every day they eat some more, and they grow some more.  They have now got so big that they all weigh more than two pounds, which means they can get spayed or neutered.  Mom made an appointment for this to happen on Friday. MingoMingo is still the biggest and most handsome of the three kittens.  He actually weighs three pounds  He is a seal point Siamese.  Mingo isn't quite as...

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