BurningbirdThe critters we love and the critters that deserve our love.
I have not been a frequent visitor to the Missouri Botanical Gardens this summer. I don’t care for the crowds the Gardens attracts during the “tourist season”. Though the number of people was still a healthy size yesterday, they also reflect the more easy going nature of the “off-season regulars”. The Gardens seem especially nice […]
Lots out of Australia about squid this week: From ABC: New Zealand’s mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests. At least it’s not a costume filled with possum road kill. To answer last week’s question, as to […]
No Squid Friday this week, as I’m bringing you all the latest on Bigfoot. Or I should say, the press conference held by the slickest Georgians to ever hit California. I wasn’t going to point you to one of the *techs covering the story for more detail, as they are little more than cryptozoologists-come-lately. I’ll […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Earlier this week I made a mid-day visit to the zoo to see our five newest St. Louis citizens: the five new Amur (Siberian) tiger cubs. They’re only allowed out a couple of hours a day, but in that time they manage to cover ever inch of their not small […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This is Missouri’s week for tigers, but not all the tiger tales are happy ones. Today, the St. Louis Zoo will introduce five Amur tiger cubs to the public for the first time. The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is one of the rarest tigers in the world. […]