Image from Sabrina Campagna
Something a little different this week. I thought I’d show a whole new perspective of the horse world that we are all familiar with but perhaps none of us take the time to fully appreciate.
You all know them, they stick wherever they land, they are flies. Ok, maybe these images won’t make you like flies, but they may give you an appreciation for their diversity.
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Recently it has come to my attention that some popular fabric softeners are not very animal-friendly. In fact, many of them coat the fibers of your fabrics with rendered animal fat to make them soft. In short, fabric softener is part of the reason horses are being slaughtered in this country.
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This video has been around for awhile, but even if you have already seen this touching clip of Christian the Lion it is worth another watch.
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The Alces alces or the moose is probably the species that looks closest to the horse of all others.
Moose are the largest of the deer family and their name comes from the Algonquian Easter Abnaki name moz which loosely translated means “twig eater”.
In North America moose are found in most of Canada, western Alaska, New England, Rocky Mountains, and parts of Michigan, Minnesota, Utah and Colorado.
In Europe they are found in Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, the Baltic States, Russia and parts of Poland and Belarus.
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It’s been a long time since I had an off-topic video Sunday, but this video is really worth a watch. The people shooting and even the local guides are in shock by what they witness.
It’s long, but don’t give up on it. Truly you will end up feeling a little sorry for the predators by the end.
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This week the Dog Whisperer goes undercover to get inside and expose the barbaric tactics employed by puppy mills. Cesar works with Last Chance for Animals operatives to spot-check several kennels in Los Angeles county.
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The Nilgai or Boselaphus tragocamelus looks kind of like a horse, but isn’t one.
They are antelopes most commonly found in northern India and eastern Pakistan.
Brought to Texas as zoo animals, there now exists wild herds in Alabama and Texas.
The nilgai stand around 4-5 feet tall, about 6-7 feet long and weigh around 120-240 kg.
Long narrow head, thin legs and robust body.
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It turns out that squirrels and Barbie dolls are just about the same size.
Pair that fact with an incredibly patient and inventive photographer and you have some absolutely hilarious squirrel photos.
Some of them are a little off-topic, but who cares? Once you’ve seen a squirrel on a Barbie horse, you have to see what they will get up to next.
Off Topic, but interesting (to me at least). Remember Do the test? If you haven’t seen it, it’s quick and it’s at the bottom of this page. They’ve come out with new test called Whodunnit? (You can watch it on the site, or on the youtube video below).
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A little off the topic of horses, but worth a look just the same. Looks like garbage on the street one instant, and the next instant it looks like a living creature, brilliant!
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An off-topic post today, but it is so well done I had to share it. Through the years many a portrait has been painted of beautiful women (or at least what was painted was beautiful). This video takes you through images of many of those women, and uses modern technology to blend them into another art form altogether.
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I thought it was funny when I found the horse waterskiing…it appears all kinds of wacky people put their animals on water-skis, sort of like their own little circus.
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