This story is about a monkey, in a stylish coat and a diaper, who got loose in an Ikea store in Ontario. It wasn’t specified, but I do not believe he purchased the coat there. I don’t really have a lot to say, other than I didn’t think I would hear the term “Well Dressed” and “Dapper” applied to any monkey other than Lancelot Link Secret Chimp (Look it up under 30 crowd. It’s a perfect reference). The chimp is fine, but it is still up in the air if the original owners will get the monkey back. It’s an illegal pet in Ontario.
Category Archives: Strange Animal Related Stuff
Halleluiah it’s raining sharks!
In So Cal, a 2 foot LIVE leopard shark fell out of the sky, and onto the San Juan Capistrano golf course. For anyone who has read Revelations and been keeping up with the news, this should come as no surprise. The incredible part of this story is that the workers rushed the shark into the clubhouse (no small feat), and cooked up some homemade salt water. They kept the shark alive, and one of the workers, on his break (because no 1 percenter is going to allow time off to save another living thing) DROVE the shark to the ocean and let it go. It sank to the bottom, twitched, and then swam off. How amazing is that?
The belief is that a large bird (like a peregrine) probably grabbed it out of the water, and lost a grip on it over the golf course. Why it didn’t go back for it is a mystery.
Cat HIV?
This story is really important for a number of reasons. Allow me to summarize: A very nice boyfriend was trying to fly out his GF’s cat to her in Taiwan. The man & cat were flying out of JFK in NYC. The cat was/is 4 years old, and she hasn’t seen the little guy in 10 months. He’s going along, slides the cat over to the bumbling idiot club, also known as the TSA. They mishandle the carrier, the cat gets out, and no one can find him. These are the guys tasked with keeping us safer at airports? The couldn’t keep a ham sandwich safe at a vegetarian’s house. BEST part is: They blamed the guy for the debacle! The official release said that the agent did everything properly, and that passengers are responsible for pets at all times. That is so ridiculous I don’t even know where to begin. Oh and it gets better. Turns out that the cat has some form of Cat HIV! I don’t think it transfers to humans, otherwise it would have to go on my Disease Countdown board. Needless to say (my specialty) the cat won’t live long without it’s medications and close monitoring.
Not the first time this crap has happened at JFK. A cat names Jack was lost for 66 days, and eventually had to be put down.
Children raised by________
I had no idea this was a real thing, but apparently babies can be raised by wolves, goats, and in this one case monkeys. This article talks about 6 people who when abandoned by humans, were adopted by other species. It seems horrible for the kids involved, but in truth they didn’t know any different. It’s amazing how mothers are mothers, no matter if they are people, goats, rats, monkeys, dogs, etc. It is really touching, to me at least, to see that love and caring are truly universal. While most humans act above nature, the other 99.99% of the life on this planet proves them wrong every time.
Dogs: Enemy # 1
This article is so stupid. It tries to sound alarmist, explaining that letting your dog kiss you is bad for both of you because it spreads germs that cause plaque. No s#&! Those germs are everywhere. You think that people without dogs wake up with fresh breath after brushing the night before? NO! You are going to get this crap no matter what. That’s how the world works. I didn’t set up that system, but to claim that dogs are harmful for that reason is ludicrous. Say it’s because they lick their butts then your face, say it’s because they eat off the floor for a living, tie it to their constant crotch sniffing/tasting. THis person should not be allowed to write another “news” article again. Can you take away someone’s journalistic credentials? I want to start that process.